The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 8, 1935, Page 2

2 meneame HOPTON PROPOSES NEW DEPARTURE IN INSURANCE FIELD Free Fire and Tornado Protec- tion Provided in Bill In- troduced in House Free fire and tornado insurance, 4n innovation in the field of insur- ance, is proposed in a bill drawn by Harold Hopton, insurance commis- stoner, and introduced in the North Dakota house Wednesday by Repre- sentatives Ben Fedje and George Al- jets, chairmen of the insurance and State affairs committees, respectively. Attached to the bill is a provision that registered teachers’ warrants may be purchased as an investment for the Fire and Tornado fund which has approximately $2,000,000 to its credit, The fund, according to Hopton, ts larger than actually necessary for op- eration of the plan. He believes that part of the surplus fund might well be utilized to relieve hard-pressed Political subdivisions from paying the premiums. In the event the fund drops to less than $1,500,000, he pro- poses to levy an assessment suffic- jent to protect the balance. Only “excess risks,’ reinsured by reliable companies, wou!d be paid by the po- litical subdivisions. Tegard to the provisions for purchase of teachers’ warrants, Hop- ton said, “I believe warrants of every school district in the state are a safe risk ...we have ample funds to take care of all registered teachers’ warrants for some time to come. This clause is inserted in the bill not only for the purpose of assisting school districts in precarious financial cir- cumstances . . . ‘but also to help’ «+. Young America to continue unin- terruptedly absorbing that degree of Jearning so necessary in after-school life...” Hopton said records of the hail de- partment disclose taxes unpaid on January 1, 1935, total $2,082,880.79. ‘The figure represents all unpaid hail taxes levied since the beginning of the institution. Of this amount, he said, over $200,000 is for 1923 and prior years, and “the record shows that for the last three years less than $5,000 has been collected on these old taxes.” ‘The commissioner said he had heard some “unfavorable comment” relative to the work of the depart- ment in making an audit of various county records, “This phase of the department's work is not new,” he pointed out. “It has been done in a limited way in the past but due to the limited office personnel only a small portion of the state nave been covered.” He cited an audit in one county which resulted in finding that $19,- 800 in Bail taxes had been arbitrarily and without authority struck off the county tax list by former officials. “Had this county been checked periodically this practice would have been discovered some years ago and could have been stopped. As it is, (By the Associated Press) Senate Resolutions introduced: 8. Conc. Res. S—Miklethun: Me- morislizing congress to immediately pass legislation prohibiting private manufacturing and sale of war mu- nitions. Passed: 8. B. 103—Appropriates $3,640.21 for deficit in expenses of state treasurer's office. 8. B. 102—Repeals general appropri-| ation of $1,500 for northwest agricul- tural livestock fair association. H. B. 78—Amends law enumerating | kinds of actions which must be com-! menced within six years after cause) of action. | H. B. 23—Appoints William Laist custodian and guide at state capitol! with $1,500 yearly compensation. | H. B, 45—Limits expenses of state Officials and employes, except gov- ernor, to $4 while on official business within state; $6 per day outside the State on official business. H. B. 45—Permits counties to issue emergency poor relief warrants and exempts counties from provisions they may not exceed unencumbered un- Paid taxes. H. Conc. Res. A-7—Urges distribu- tion of hay and straw on equitable basis by federal government. Bills introduced: S. B. 138—Thatcher, Drew and Cain: Provides same rules for fire insurance agents as life insurance agents and limits insurance compan- ies to do business only through li- censed resident agents. Insurance. 8. B. 139—Appropriations commit- tee: $890 for deficiency in state board of pardons. 8. B. 140—Appropriations commit- tee: $2,350 to pay money borrowed from Bank of North Dakota by attor- ney general. 8. B. 141—Erickson: Repeals bad check law. Judiciary. S. B, 142—Erickson: Defines natur- opathy and authorizes its practice in| North Dakota. S. B. 143—Lemke and Greene of Cavalier; Raises from $1,000 to $1,500 value of property of head of family exempt from attachment or sale on’ execution; for single persons, $150. Judiciary. 8. B. 144—Lynn and Fowler: Pro-/ vides every mortgage of real property containing @ power of sale may upon default in conditions of mortgage be foreclosed by advertisement. Judi- Clary. S. B. 145—Handley and Fine (by request): Makes it unlawful for any medical examiner or doctor for the workmen's compensation bureau to treat professionally for pay any pa- tient drawing compensation from the bureau and providing a penalty. State affairs. 8. B. 146—Erickson: Repeals act establishing state judicial council. Judiciary. 1 S. B. 147—Fine and Jones: Creates @ state council of public safety. State affairs. { S. B. 148—Bonzer and Brostuen:! Appropriates $30,000 for reimbursing Bank of North Dakota for funds loaned for purchase of state parks.| Appropriations. 8. B. 149—Bonzer and Brostuen: Creates state planning board, with $25,000 appropriation. State affairs.! S. B. 150—Bonzer and Brostuen: the department is undoubtedly going to take a substantial loss,” he said. The audit by the hail department also is recommended in reports to the commissioner from the bank exam- iner and O. B. Lund, auditor of the board of auditors, RURAL CHURCH NOTICES Gayton Sunday School, 2 P. M. Mrs. Emmit Perry, Supt. Alexander: Five Miles 8. W. of Bible School every Appropriates $10,000 for a state parks committee to be appointed for super- vision of and acquiring of state parks. | State affairs. S. B. 151—Greene of Stutsman: Provides when land has not reverted back to original owner within three years after title was lost, hail indem- nity tax certificate may be cancelled. Taxes and tax laws. Indefinitely_postponed: B. 48—Restores motor vehicle Legislative ‘state grading and weighing (with. ndar registration fund to highway depart- ment. 8. B. 59—Provides at least one member of barber's examining board be a Journeyman barber. 8. R. “C"—Relating to telephone service. Bills passed: H. B. 132—Appropriates $23,950 for deficit in workmen's compensa- ‘ton bureau. ‘H. B. 129—Amends law relating to return and disposition of election bal- ia compensation of election of- H. B. 134—Increases number of as- sistant attorneys general to four, H. B. 93—Changes forms of chat- tel_mortgage. H. B. 124—Allows defendants in forcible detainer actions, or in cases involving possession of real estate, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days in which to answer summons. H. B. 126—Add crops and grain threshed or unthreshed on not more than 160 acres of land occupied as homestead by debt to be exempt from Process, levy or sale. H. B. 133—Authorizes Judges of dis- trict court to call on attorney general to conduct criminal cases in counties. H. B. 131—Defines imitation ice cream. H. B. 123—Changes methods of pub- Ucation of nominations. CREATION OF BOARD FOR CONSERVATION SURVEY IS SOUGHT Bill Proposed in Senate in Line With Public Works Re- quirements Creation of a state planning board for a survey of North Dakote’s land and water resources, with a view to Tecelving maximum benefits under the federal public works development. Program was asked in a bill intro- duced in the state senate Thursday. ‘The proposal was presented to meet federal requirements so North Dakota may benefit from the four billion dollar work relief measure now pending in Congress, according to Senator A. F. Bonzer, jr., of Rich- land county who with John Brostuen of McKenzie is sponsoring the meas- ure, ‘With the deadline for introduction of bills set for Tuesday, the amount of new legislation increased Thurs- day and was expected to mount as the time becomes shorter. Fifteen Measures were dropped into the hop- per. 8. B. 36—Provides state board of administration and secretary shall assume duties of state capitol com- mission and its secretary. Emergency. 8. B. 5—Appropriates $55,000 for National Guard (amended.) Bills indefinitely postponed: ‘H. B. 108—Abolishes offices of township justice of the peace and township constable, provides for elec- tion of justices of the peace and con- stables in each commissioner district. ‘H. B. 51—Requires banks, trust companies and building and loan as- sociations to pay into state school funds all deposits unclaimed for more than ten years. H. B. 104—Abolishes office of state grain commissioner. Bills withdrawn: H. B. 166—Provides for grading and weighing of livestock. Bills introduced: H. B. 160—Creating bee inspection fund; providing for licensing of apiaries. Appropriations committee. H. B. 161—Mcliraith: Provides for payment of salaries and official pub- eation fees in counties by half cash, half tax anticipation warrants. Taxes and tax laws, H. B. 162—McIiraith: Regulating display of kind and quality of motor fuel offered for sale. State affairs. H. B. 163—Anderson of Bowman: Allows motor vehicle not in use one year or more to be licensed for cur- rent license fee only, without penalty. State affairs. H. B. 164—Creates a North Dakota poultry improvement board. Live- stock. H. B. 165—Fedje and Aljets: Pro- vides for free fire and tornado in- surance by state insurance depart- ment to political subdivisions, until fund sinks to $1,500,000. Insurance. H. B. 166—(introduced in error) | drawn.) H, B. 167—Fedje: Describes types | of flour labels. State affairs. | H, B. 168—Schauss and Keidel: Re- quires notification of butter substi- tutes on popcorn. State affairs, H. B. 169—Fitzgerald (by Tequest) : | Provides for $20,000 appropriation for | state game and fish department for! water conservation and dam con-| struction, and requiring appointment of one deputy to act as conservation warden. Game and fish. | H. B. 170—Cosgriff: Changing laws | regarding standard fire insurance} GLASS HITS CR OF BANKING STAND Former Senator Owen Accuses Virginian of Using ‘Unde- served Prestige’ Washington, Feb. 8—(P}—An at- tack by Senator Carter Glass on an unnamed critic and a reply by form- er Senator Robert L. Owen served Friday to keep the debate over the rgd banking bill to the fore- \A Glass, who had said earlier in the week that a promise was broken when the bill was offered on Capitol Hill without his seeing a copy first, issued ‘@ statement Thursday night saying he resented being classed as against “|the bill before he had an opportunity ‘Morning worship, 10:00 o'clock. Church school, 11:00 o'clock. church services are held every two weeks on Sundays at 8 p. m. to read it. He opened fire on a critic who, he said, had charged him with usage of an “undeserved prestige.” With- out mentioning any names, the Vir- Ginian declared: “I may say that whatever prestige, if any, I may have was not gotten by using my position as a member of the banking and currency commit-! tee of either house of congress to gamble in foreign exchange with prison-convict nor in any attempt to influence the action of the federal reserve authorities for my own pecun- fary benefit.” Owen, now presi- Former Senator dent of the nations] monetary con- ference, had made a statement on Pneumonia Fatal to James King, Niagara Niagara, N. D., Feb. 8.—(#)—James the same 5 ices will be held Saturday at 2 p. m. in the Congregational church here. U.N.D. ico jhand. Policy. Insurance. NTINUE D from page one RRC Replaces FERA As N.D. Agency for Distributing Feed feed. All supplies now on hand will be sold and distributed by the RRC, he said. No Further Purchases Willson pointed out that the North Dakota RRC, according to orders from ‘Washington, !s not supposed to make any further purchases but merely to arrange for the sale of supplies on Atrangements have been made whereby livestock feed supplies will be handled through an agency au- thorized and set up by the department of ture known as the agency ‘They included bills proposing to: Create a state parks committee; For supervision of state parks; Repeal the “bad check” law; Abolish the state judicial council; Create a state council of public safety. Siz Bills, Resolution Passed Passed by the upper house were six bills and a@ resolution. Senate measures approved and sent to the house were those appropriating $3,- 640 for a deficit in expenses of the state treasurer's office and repeal- ing the general appropriation for the Northwest Agricultural Livestock Fair association, A house measure appointing Wil- Mam Laist custodian and guide at the state capitol with an annual sal- Ree ee eee ee ate. Other measures succeeding in clear- ing both legislative assemblies with senatorial approval Thursday were} house bills limiting expenses of’ state (By the Associated Press) House Approved for passage house chai’ Grading and weighing Approved for passage house bill reorganizing personnel of state hospital for insane to include ieee bail 08 staff, Passed appropriation for National Guard (returned to sen- ate for concurrence in amend- ments.) Indefinitely postponed house bill to abolish office of grain storage commissioner. Adjourned until 2 p. m. Friday. Senate Refused to concur with house amendments reducing compensa- tion for members of proposed tax survey commission; appointed conference committee. Received resolution memorial- izing congress to pass laws prohib- ed manufacture of war muni- Indefinitely postponed measure restoring motor vehicle registra- tion fund to highway department. Referred measures to abolish bad check law and state judicial council. Referred measure creating state Planning board. Referred creating state council of public safety. ture and sale of war munitions. It was referred to the committee on state affairs. To the same committee was refer- Ted a measure to create a state coun- cil of public safety for prevention of accidents, Comprehensive studies would be made with recommendations for im- Proved traffic legislation and ad- ministration on: state traffic laws including drivers’ license laws; local traffic ordinances; state motor ve- hicle and traffic control; state con- trol over local traffic regulations and traffic control equipment; mandatory reporting of traffic accidents and State statistical department, * Sa -SSaPT leer —peeeeeereomn 2 | Weather Report: | officials and employes while within and without the state on official | business; permitting counties to is-| sue emergency poor relief warrants; and in doing so exempt such counties | from provisions they may not exceed | unencumbered unpaid taxes. | A house resolution urging distri- | bution of hay snd straw on an equit- | able basis by the federal government also was passed by both branches | of the legislature. Board of 10 Under terms of the bill providing for Jong range planning, a board to be ia would consist of ten mem- ers, Four members are to be the state geologist, head of the state school of forestry, dean of the division of agriculture at the state agricultural college, director of the college of mining engineering of the state un- iversity with the other six members to be representative citizens appoint- | ed by the governor. Board members would act without compensation. Provision is made for appointment of technical advisory and research committees and utilization of per- sonnel of any department for spe- cial surveys under the direction of the board. | “North Dakotans may realize the Breatest possible benefit from the land, water, mineral, recreational and | economic resources of the state,” the measure reads, Board’s Powers Defined The board would have power to: 1, Make investigations and surveys of resources in all sections of the State. 2. Survey rural land utilization to determine areas suitable for culti- vated crops, grazing, reforestation, water-shed protection, creation and other economic developmen:. 3. Assemble and analyze data ob- tained and formulate plans for con- Servation of resources, systematic utilization and development. 4. Make recommendations as to best methods of conservation utilization and development of resources, 5. Cooperate with United States and its agencies in planning, con- servation utilization and development jof resources, in the administration of its public works program, and act as agency of the United States in ad- ministering federal projects and to accept and use funds provided by the agricul for deficiency distribution. This agency, Willson said, will function under the supervision of the agricul- tural adjustment administration. From time to time it will be advised by the FERA stock feed division of the needs of the various communities. Distribution to dealers of all stocks lon hand that heretofore have been acquired by the North Dakota FERA will be made through the North Da- ‘kota RRC, Willson said, , ae ee“TapEE, 'Firemen in Dilemma; , Hunt Blaze in Vain; 85s 5& i E g h H Fi 3 Es i 8 United States, Ask $25,000 Appropriation 6. Cooperate with state planning boards of any other state and with municipal or regional planning boards N within the state. 7. Provide for and aid organization of municipal, county, and regional Planning boards, 8. Exercise acdditional powers as may be necessary to promote state Planning. There is an appropriation of $25,- 000 asked to carry out provisions of the act. Declaring it “has been used to Prescribe and dictate laws to the legislature,” abolition of the act es- tablishing the state judicial council was asked in a bill introduced by Senator O. E. Erickson of Kidder ont has “The act been of little value to the state, and caly s eouree of expense to the jley and over the Southwest. 128.28, Redi i FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Mostly cloudy tonight and Pieted it as extended Conference Studies Stabiliza- tion of Mark; to Set Up New Interest Rates Berlin, Feb. 8.—(4)}—Berlin business circles looked Friday for important improvements in three of Germany's thorny financial problems as @ result of the current conference on exten- sion of the short term debt agreement which expires February 28. The problems, being studied by a committee of German and American financial experts, include stabilization fer conditions and the establishment of new interest rates on Germany's short term private debts abroad. One of the objectives sought to pre- vent extreme fluctuations in register- ed marks is greater cooperation among various foreign banks in establishing uniform selling conditions for such currency. Another of the debtors’ aims is to relieve the German gold discount bank from guaranteeing certain credits as it has done in the past. On this point, however, the foreign short term rep- resentatives are described as showing only passive interest. of the registered mark market, trans-| of As for interest, many observers be- | house he could . He added that he did not want “to make @ fool of myself.” He described the man in the auto and mination he cite On cross-exal the rail “might have been nailed Joists.” Ace Witness for Defense De Bisschop, plump and positive contractor from Waterbury, E Heve the outcome of the negotiations ‘will be a compromise agreement for a one-half of one per cent reduction on the existing variable rate applicable to standstill credits. C ONTINUE D from page one: Prosecutor Begins * Immediate Attack ons On Bruno’s Alibis cemetery wall where and when the $50,000 Lindbergh ransom was paid. The defense used, in all, 53 wit- nesses, many of them alibi witnesses. Defense Case in Brief ‘The defense case, in brief, was: Hauptmann was in the Bronx, more than 60 miles from the scene of the crime, when baby Lindbergh was stolen; the dead German furrier, Isa- dor Fisch, and not Hauptmann, got the $50,000 ransom money; Haupt- in) mann innocently took $14,600 of ran- loudy tonight nd cl an Saturday; no de- cided change som money from Fisch for safekeep- ing; @ man resembling Fisch and a woman resembling the dead maid, Violet Sharpe, were seen with a baby shortly after the kidnaping; none of in| Hauptmann’s fingerprints were found; Hauptmann did not build the ladder tana: / used in the kidnaping; money which night. For Minnesota: Mostly cloudy Fri- day night and Saturday; slightly warmer in extreme southeast. GE! The barometric pressure is Bish over the Northeast (8. 8. Marie 30.24) and over the fet Hosthwest (Kam-| loops 30.40). ssure is low over the Southwest (Modena 29.86), with a secondary depression over the Cana- dian Plains (The Pas 29.90). The weather is unsettled in all sections and precipitation has occurred in the Great Lakes region, Mississip) es a temperatures prevail in all sec- t jons. Bismarck station barometer, inches: INERAL CONDITIONS luced to sea level, 30.13. PRECIPITATION formal, this mont Total, January Ist to date .... Normal, January Ist to date .. Accumulated deficiency to date TEMPERATURES est Bismarck, N. D., cldy. . 25 Amarillo, Tex., foggy .. 34 Boise, Idaho, snowing - ” Boston Calgary, Alta, Chicago, Ml., . Denver, Colo., cldy. ... Des Moines, Iowa, snow 22 Devils Lake, N. lear. ‘swelled his assets after the ransom Payment came, unrecorded, from Fisch for stock investments; Hauptmann was at a musicale in his home on the night of April 2, 1932, when Dr. John F. (Jafsie) Condon says he paid him the ransom money in a Bronx grave- yard; Hauptmann was at home for his own birthday party on November 26, 1933, when a theatre cashier says he spent a Lindbergh ransom bill, and Persons other than Hauptmann were seen in an auto with a ladder near the Lindbergh home before the crime, Call Three for Rebuttal ‘The state had time before the noon recess at 12:38 p. m. to call three re- son and Oscar Christiansen. The first testified the was involved in an auto accident with Benjamin Heler on the night of April 2, 1932—the ransom night—when Helier said he sat in an auto with a girl and saw Isador Fisch leap over the cemetery wall. Larson swore than Elvert Carlstrom spent the night of March 1, 1932—the kidnap night—with him in a house at Dunellen, N. J. Carlstrom had testi- fied he saw Hauptmann in a Bronx bakery on the kidnap night. Christian- sen, owner of the Dunellen house, pre- 100 | Sehted @ record book which he said HH fie z aE i aBoE call te al uf se BE Bs H s 8 gE oa ray E iH i | : ul : i 2 g i : [ E 3 buttal witnesses, Farber, Arthur Lar- | 5 ed past it time, brought out that De Bisschop had ex- amined only the one board from the ladder, and that for only three hours. Two important witnesses prepared the way for his appearance. noticed nailhole in “rail 16” when he examined it for fingerprints two weeks after the kidnaping. Koehler has testified there were four in the attic joists where a floor board missing. Stanley Seal, 8 wood pattern-maker from a local foundry who looked like @ high school boy, gave the defense's next testimony against the Koehler evidence. idl i ’ i i Koehler’s ‘This laid the groundwork for defense claim that Koehler, in match. ing the miscroscopic photographs of the various planned sections as he did, could not prove they were identical. a [se i é a i f H : I | E i | iG E i i : : ie & i i ; | HOUSE BACKS MOVE FOR CHIROPRACTORS lengthy Gilbertson called for house mem- bers to indefinitely postpone action on the proposal. His move failed, des- pite support from others. The bill was generally looked upon as a ma- meeting of the house as a committee of the whole, and to come out for immediate recess until Friday to con- sider house bill No, 7—the weighing and grading bill—Friday, failed. ‘Weary of hours of sitting, members took 8 ten-minute recess before plunging into the argument over the bill. Ed P. Cosgriff of Cass led the going to get the money?—let’s be practical.” He pointed to the $6,000 appropriation carried in the bill to set up operation under its terms, and claimed it would “take ten times that amount to be really efficient.” “It borders on compulsion, asked they be stricken, His proposal was voted down. Another proposed amendment that the weighing snd grading be made optional, died on the floor when it received no second. Harvey Solberg of Williams assert- ed the bill should pass for “Armour and Company are trying to effect direct buying, and we have seen what it has done to the prices of cream and butter.” He cited claims that various prices for cream existed in Lowest Prices in Bismarck For Pipe, Fittings, Valves Plumbing and Heating Spe- cialties, Gas Stoves Frank G. Grambs Co. Rear 112 Second Street—Behind Corwin-Churchill Motors, Bismarck, N. D. That $1,000 peer will satisfy the Undertaker But what about the WIFE and CHILDREN? 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