The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 30, 1934, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1878 BOARD STRIES 10 SAVE PRESDENTS 4 TRUCE FROM HASH . & P. Stores Declare They Will Not Return to Cleve- land, Ohio THER LABOR SORES LOOM harge A. F. of L. With Coer- cion; Green Says He Will Cooperate started Tuesday. The national relations board drop- everything to confer with both Gi ay As company officials and labor THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Gussners Announce Develop- ment Which Will Increase Bismarck’s Trade Area IS LONG STRIDE FORWARD Business Founded 51 Years Ago Expands as Son Follows in Father's Path Bismarck, which long has wanted a meat packing plant, now has one. It is ready to kill 100 cattle and 50 hogs daily and to pre- pare the meat for market. From it can be supplied not only the wants of local butch- ers but of those in the sur- rounding. territory. The capac- ity can be increased to 200 cat- tle by adding an extra shift. The result should be increas- ed business for every Bismarck as E ataxt en : merchant; assurance of em- ployment for more local people; widening of Bismarck’s trad- ing area. It should result in increased profits to the butcher at the same time it reduces the cost of meat to the local consumer. Such a thing is possible un- der the improved distribution system which the new packing plant ings into being. DEMOCRATIC LABOR -|Express ‘Widespread Indigna- ‘S Missouri's Banks Must Be Strengthened Before Con- struction of Island Camp ; Approval of plans to riprap and «i; construct @ jetty along the left bank ¥ the river to 528 ge tion’ Against Candidates on Langer Ticket Labor leaders, craftsmen and com- mon laborers of this city united un- i it Ay t c i i E | | g : Fry i 5 34 at gE te Beer License Fees Total $72,000 CLUB IN BISMARCK’ |ACCIDENTAL SHOT KILLED ALLDRETT Story of Bullet From Car to ‘Cover Up’ | partment BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1934 Business Boys Conducted Taking Rifle | Fatal injuries received by Clifford Alldrett, 14, of Solen, in a hunting mishap Sunday resulted from acci- dental discharge of the boy's rifle as he sought to dodge an automobile on the road on which he was walking home, it was revealed Tuesday at a coroner's inquest. Clifford's companion, Leroy Berrier,, repudiated a story he tcld previously, | that the bullet was fired from a pass-| ing car. Before he succumbed to his injuries, Clifford also claimed the wound was inflicted by @ shot from the automobile. | Leroy, at Tuesday’s ‘inquest, ex-; plained that after Clifford was wounded, the two concocted the) story that the bullet was fired from! ‘an automobile. This was decided on, Leroy said, to “cover up” the fact that they had taken o rifle which Berrier’s parents had corbidden him from using. Powder burns on Clifford's cloth- approached, Clifford sought to get out of its path, and in doing so the discharged. "|Tsueno Matsudaira, are Pictured above are scenes at Bismarck’s new packing plant heads of the business. and the At the top, left, is A. W. Gussner, prime mover in the enterprise. In the top center is a view of the packing plant building. At the top right is Paul Gussner, associated with his father in the busi- ness, and at the extreme top right a view of the pre-cooler, with dressed hogs at the left and dressed cattle at the right well on their way to market. ‘At the left center is a view of the storage refrigerator, the door at the rear leading into a “sharp-freezer” which will be carried at 10 degrees be- low zero. At sie lower left is the scalding vat and a part of the hog-killing de- The scene in the right center was taken in the killing department, showing how cattle and hogs are dressed and placed on overhead rails for delivery to the cooler. The carcass in the right foreground was only par- tially skinned when the picture was taken. At the right, below, is Robert Gussner, another son associated with his father in the business. POWERS ARRIVE AT NAVAL CROSSROAD: Tuesday's Meetings Called Off to Allow Disagreements to Cool Off London, Oct. 30.—(?}—In an effort to settle a disagreement which has deadlocked naval negotiations among the world’s three largest sea powers meetings tentatively scheduled for Tuesday were called off. Japanese delegates had hoped to} meet with the Americans, but it was understood these delegations, along with the British, decided it would be best to postpone the talks until Wed- nesday. Japan held her ground in the face of American and British opposition to her proposals for a new naval treaty based on the principle of tonnage equality. : ‘The delegates from Tokyo, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto and Ambassador convinced, they can dent the opposition by fur- ther conversations. As a result, they asked a new meeting with the Ameri- cans. But the Americans feel concessions must come from the Japanese. Norman H. Davis and Admiral Wil- liam H. Standley told Matsudaira and Yamamoto that junling of the Wash- and London naval treaties ington His/ would not give Japan equality, because '|the other two powers—Britain and America—would keep ahead in build- ing. ‘There is some American hope that if the Japanese can be made to see this viewpoint they will capitulate and accept the principles of the Wi | ton treaty. FIRE WIPES OUT FAMILY East Liverpool, O., Oct. 30.—(P)— A father, his four children and « housekeeper were burned to death before daybreak Tuesday destroyed @ five-room shack on the outésirte of the city. i when fire | be (British Parliament | Ends Summer Recess | London, Oct. 30.—(#)—Parliament |reassembled after the summer recess | Tuesday with a full attendance in the | house of commons. | The opening was merely the re- | sumption of the old parliament. The |new session is expected to open on ‘Nov. 20 with the speech from the | throne. Prime Minister J. Ramsay Mac Don- ald told the house of commons that | the government would set aside a day | during the present session for the dis- cussion of armaments business. It was understood the labor party intended to fight toward the elimination of for- eign trade in armaments. | Fort Peck Project Contracts Are Let Washington, Oct. 30.—(7)—The war department announced Tuesday award of three contracts totaling approxi- mately $2,000,000 for construction work and supplies for the Fort Peck dam project in Montana. Martin Zunderlich, Jefferson City, Mo., was awarded a contract for con- struction of a spillway for $1,168,120. The Three Forks Portland Cement Co., Denver, Colo., was awarded a $559,750 contract for furnishing cement for the dam, and the Univer- sal Atlas Cement Co., Chicago. was awarded another cement contract for $373,560. State Gets $107,345 From Cigarette Tax North Dakota has received $107,345 - | from its cigarette tax since July of this year, State Treasurer Alfred S. Dale announced Tuesday. The amount represented an increase over the same period in 1933, when $94,885 was collected from the tax. {Dale looked for 200 more licenses to issued to new firms during the year. The figure represents 2,347 licenses, 12 more than last year REGULATORY CHIEF CHALLENGES AUDIT \Papke Says Figures of Deputy Auditor Erroneous; Asks Retraction Sidney A. Papke, regulatory depart- |ment chief, Tuesday challenged ac- ‘curacy of claims by Deputy State Au- \ditor John Lyngstad that the depart- ment collected only $1,070 in August of this year. “Lyngstad was very careful not to jmake the statement in the form of an jaffidavit,” Papke said. “Why he did not is something which he perhaps can best answer. I challenge Lyng- | stad or anyone else to make that | statement in the form of an affidavit and prove it to be a true and accurate statement of fact. “The fact is the regulatory depart- ment collected in the month of Aug- ust this year the sum of $17,660, which was balanced by a Mr. Rudser, an employee of the state auditor, on Oct- ober 3. Likewise we find that Lyng- stad is again in error when he says in his statement that the expenses of the department for August were ; $18,796, | “Again, we find that Mr. Rudser checked the expense for this. month} With the auditor for the regulatory | |department and found that the total | lexpenditures for August were $17,- 107.” | Papke pointed out that he took over | the department July 30, and that a/| jnumber of expenses prior to his tak- ing over the division had been ac- cumulated—totaling $4,868, Showed $5,422 Profit “Total expense for the present ad- ministration for the month of Aug- lust, 1934, thus became $12,238, as ‘against collections of more than $17,- 000. | “In other words, instead of the} ‘charge made that we have spent $18 jfor every dollar collected in August, we find that @ profit of $5,422 was made in this month.” “Lyngstad either has erred or the statement smacks of political trick- lery. The answer can best be madi by Lyngstad, who has held a high position in the office of the state au- ditor for a number of years. J am sure that he would not purposely dis- tort the facts. Therefore, I trust that upon investigation of the facts he will retract the statement he has issued.” | Other “errors” claimed by Papke ere in the claims by Lyngstad that \the department under the former ad- ministration collected $35,580, with Il Duce Robs Cradle In Army Conscription Rome, Oct. 30.—()—Premier Mus- solini Tuesday carried the Fascist edu- cation of youth one step nearer to the cradle by creating the Balilla of Wolf organization which begins at the age of eight and runs to 14 years. The Balillas of Wolf wear black shirts and grey and green shorts. Nothing has been said regarding the compulsory nature of the new group, but newspapers said it would embrace about 1,500,000 boys, which is approxi- mately the number of Italian boys between those ages. The announcement said the new body was created to fulfill a desire fof thousands of families who asked Mussolini to permit boys to become Balilla members before they reached the required age. DUPONTS POLITICAL ‘GIFTS’ DISCLOSED Senate Munitions Committee Reports Show Donations of $432,000 Washington, Oct. 30—(?)—At Chair- man Nye's specific direction, the sen- ate munitions committee Tuesday made public incomplete reports which showed political and campaign con- tributions of $432,000 by 25 officers and directors of the Dupont company from 1919 to 1934, There are about 15 officers and directors yet to report, among them Pierre Du Pont, chairman of the board; John J. Raskob, and Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., directors. Senator Nye ‘Rep. N. wished the data gather- ed thus far to be made public before the elections on Nov. 6. When the senate committee direct- ed the Du Ponts to furnish informa- tion on their political contributions, there were printed reports—denied vigorously by Nye—that the committee would withhold the reports until after the fall balloting, because of possible voter-reaction. Almost all the contributions went to Republican organizations, many of the gifts being listed “Republican party.” Only two to the Democrats were de- tailed, both by Irenee Du Pont, who also led individual contributors with a total of $178,000. His brother, Lam- mot, gave $147,000. Committee investigators said that it the munitions inquiry is continued during the next cession of congress, expenses of $13, ‘Continue th Page Six) Du Pont officials probably will be re: called. : The Weat Generally fair tonight an day; little change in cemperscure,, PRICE FIVE CENTS Utilities Win Tax Fight Big Packing Plant Is Ready to Commence Here; Was Built by Local Man Scenes in New Packing Plant and Heads of Business GROSS EARNING FEE VOID UNDER RULING OF FEDERAL COURT Law Held in Conflict With Both State and National Con- stitutions WILL RESTORE OLD METHOD Act Covered in Chapter 252S of North »-Dakota Session Laws for 1933 Fargo, N. D., Oct. 30.—()—North Dakota's 12 per cent gross income tax, as imposed against certain power com- panies within the state, is unconstitu- tional, therefore void. That was the finding of a special federal court consisting of District Judge Joseph W. Molyneaux, Minne- apolis, Circuit Judge Archibald K. Gardner of South Dakota and District Judge Andrew Miller of North Dakota. The act was covered in Chapter 2528 of the Session Laws of North Dakota for 1933. It sought to impose a 12 per cent annual gross income tax against certain power companies do- ing business in North Dakota, with no deductions of any kind permitted. The court holds that the act is void because it violates section 179 of the constitution of the State of North Dakota which expressly provides the methods by which power companies shall be assessed; because it violates Section 1 of the 14th amendment to the constitution of the United States and Section 13 of Article 1 of the constitution of North Dakota. “In that said act affords no oppor- tunity at any stage of the tax pro- ceedings to question the validity or propriety of the assessment or the amount of the tax to be levied there- under.” The effect of the decision will be to restore the old system of taxing the power companies, unless the decision is upset in an appeal to the U. 8. Su- Ppreme court considered very improb- able by Fargo attorneys who have read the opinion. Six separate actions brought by var- ious power companies were consolidated ih’ the one trial, The plaintiffs were: Ottertail power Co., North Dakota Power & Light Co., Central East Pub- lic Service Co. of North Dakota, Northern Power é& Light Co., Montana Dakota. Power Co., Northern States Power Co. Bismarck and Mandan attorneys received word of the ruling late Mon- day. Interested in the case were Zuger and Tillotson, O'Hare, Cox and Cox and Sullivan, Fleck and Sullivan of Mandan. | SUBSTITUTE SOUGHT _ BY WATER EXPERTS i i Board Authority Finds Garrison Project Inadequate, Fav- H ors Small Dams Washington, Oct. 30.—()—Appar- ently convinced that the $65,000,000 the government has been asked to |put into .a water division project in {North Dakota would not net a com- mensurate return in relief to the |state, government experts cast about Tuesday for a substitute. Maurice L. Cooke, water authority of the nationa! resources board, in- formed the office of Rep. Lemke (Rep., N. D.), that President Roose- velt had asked the board to make 8 |thorough study of the North Dakota water problem with a view of insuring a more uniform water supply. Spurred on by unprecedented condi- tions in the state during the past year, the board will attempt to get all possible information on the subject, Cooke said. Cooke indicated to the Associated Press last week that such a study was contemplated but declined to divulge details. Lemke's office said Cooke had ex- pressed the opinion, previously voiced by public works officials, that the Missouri diversion project would not accomplish one-tenth of the results claimed by its proponents. Cooke in- formed Lemke's secretary the cost of filling Devils Lake and maintaining the water level would be practically prohibitive. Favors Small Dams The diversion project, long advocat- ed by a midwest association and con- gressional representatives of affected states, called for construction of a (Continued on Page 6) Barnes Republicans Repudiate Langerites Valley City, N. D., Oct. 30.—(A)— The Barnes county Republican exec- utive committee, at @ meeting here Monday, repudiated the candidacy of Mrs. Lydia Langer, and the entire state Republican ticket, snd ura. support of Thomas Moodie for gov- ernor and the state Democratic ticket. The committee said that the re- pudiation of the Republicans was be- ing made because of their “rankest kind of politics.” The committee pledged support to Congressman J. H. Sinclair, running for reelection as an independent can- didate, and to W. J. Nuessle, G. A. Burr and James Morris, candidates for the state suprsme court. v