The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 12, 1935, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH: DAKOTA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1935 The Weather Mostly fair tht and Wednesday; warmer tonights colder Wednesday. ¥==] THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE (222 PRICE FIVE CENTS State Asks Hauptmann’s Life Government Acts to Dispel Gold Anxiet MORGENTHAU TO USE [Poster tr Cosrcountry strato oy _| TREASURY'S FUNDS 10 MANAGE DOLLAR Unprecedented Announcement Made to Remove Nervousness at Home, Abroad RULING MAY COME TODAY Court May Wait Until Week- End to Allow More Time for Stabilization Washington, Feb. 12—()—As the world watched to see if the supreme vourt would take advantage of this Jegal holiday to deliver the gold clause decision, the Roosevelt admin- istration sought to reassure business about the dollar's future in foreign exchange. An unprecedented announcement made by Secretary Morgenthau Mon- day night was interpreted as an at- tempt to remove business nervous- ness lest it unsettle trade. Casting aside a mask of secrecy for the first time since the treasury’s stabilization fund was created Jan. 31, 1934, Morgenthau said the $2,000,- 000,000 had been used and would be used to manage American currency abroad. The statement recalled frequent re- ports that the administration has been preparing to meet any adverse decision with measures designed to steady the dollar and keep it from jumping disastrously. Court in Routine Session Meanwhile, the supreme court pro- cedure took its usual course Tuesday, indicating that no decision in the gold clause was to be expected im- mediately. The possibility remained, however, that court hand down its much-awaited opinion several hours later. More than the usual number of spectators were on hand; but the tension soon was relieved as the court proceeded at 12:15 to routine busi- ness. As the members of the bench took their seats, an attache of the treas- ury had appeared in the marshal’s office and sought to establish a tele- phone connection with the treasury building Che asked for permission to keep a line open. ‘This permission was refused. Court officers told the official he might remain in the office to phone later if he wished, but that he could not keep a line open. Some thought Tuesday would be a good day for the announcement be- cause American markets are closed. Others thought a Saturday would be better. If the decision should come on a day other than Saturday, the stabilization fund might conceivably | Thursday have a job to do before dawn the text day, some observers thought, for markets abroad open as early as 4 %. m, Eastern Standard time. NONPARTISAN CLUBS OPEN SESSION HERE Mrs. Kolstad of Steele Will De- liver President's Message Late Tuesday which opened here Tuesday after- noon, Mrs. Helga Kolstad of Steele, Fed- Shows Improvement Devils Lake, Feb. 12.—(7)—The con- dition of Florence Gjeglum, fire victim who is in @ Devils Lake Dopital, Was renee’ Tyeeey by Se ‘Wiley Post is shown here in his 2009 MILES = eg, specially constructed suit of rub- berized balloon silk which he will wear on his cross-country stra- tosphere flight. made airtight to save oxygen. Above is the Winnie Mae; its cabin has been The map shows the route Post will follow. Globe Girdler Hopes to Set New Cross-Country Record in Dash Thursday Los Angeles, Feb. 12.—(P)—Wiley Post; two times girdler of the globe in his airplane, the Winnie Mae, hopes to leave Los Angeles about 6 o'clock morning on @ non-stop sub- stratosphere flight to New York. Post said the exact day of his take- off was not certain, “but Thursday may be the day.” He expects to streak across the nation at 350 miles an hour, some 35,000 feet above the ground, in “eight hours or less.” If he does he will shatter the trans- continental record of 10 hours, three minutes, held by Col. Roscoe Turner, Los Angeles speed flier. His main Objective, however, is to demonstrate the feasibility of sub-stratosphere flying with a full load. He will carry & consignment of mail. FARM MORATORIUM UPHELD IN APPEAL Frazier-Lemke Legislation De- clared Legal by U. S. Circuit Court Cincinnati, Feb. 12—(#)—The United States Circuit Court of Ap- Deals late Monday upheld the con- stitutionality of the Frazier-Lemke farm mortgage moratorium legisla- tion. ‘The court acted on an appeal of the Joint stock land bank of Louisville, Ky., from a decision of District Judge Charl Dakota, co-author of the legislation, appeared in its defense. 45 Bills Slated for. Final Senate Action Forty-five measures were on the! North Dakota senate calendar for final action NEED FOR INTEREST IN FREIGHT RATES URGED AT MEETING Many Senators and Represent- atives Are Guests at Traf- fic Group Dinner Need for continued interest in the freight rate situation if North Da- kota’s farmers, merchants and manu- facturers are to have @ square deal was ex! Monday night by a large number of speakers at a ban- quet in the Grand Pacific hotel, sponsored by the North Dakota traf- fic association. Guests included Governor Walter ‘Welford and many members of the house and senate. In a brief address at the close of the meeting, Governor Welford remarked that many of the facts disclosed have been unknown to him and pledged his cooperation to MUSSOLINES ARMY PREPARES 10 LEAVE FOR AFRICAN FRONT Il Duce Plans No Diplomatic UI- timatum; Willing to Lis- ten to Apology ETHIOPIANS WON’T SUBMIT King Sel je Has Armed Men to Battle for Independence BULLETINS Rome, Feb. 12.—(?)—Ethiopia’s di- plomatic envoy to Rome announced tonight that Ethiopia would not pay @ cent to Italy as indemnities, that the African empire had one million men available to fight Italy, that no foreign power was expected as an ally, and that “Ethiopia does not Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Feb. 12.— (®)—The Ethiopian government an- of Italians armed with machine guns had attacked an Ethiopian patrol of 25 men, armed only with rifles, Jan- uary 29 near Gerlogubi. (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press) Rome, February 12.—The supreme counil of defense of Italy, presided over by Premier Mussolini, met Tues- day shortly after a government spokesman had announced peace! negotiations were continuing, although strained, in Addis Ababa and the massing of 30,000 Ethiopian troops on the Italian-Somaliland border, Italy was described as adamant in her previous demands for repara- tion for Italian casualties in several Tecent border incidents and has pro- Posed @ neutral zone along the Eri- trea and Somaliland frontier of [ Lincoin Guard to i Visit White House Washington, Feb, 12—(#)—The ‘White House door was left ajar only one visitor Tuesday as Presi- dent Roosevelt led the nation in observation of Abraham Lincoln's William Henry Gilbert, 93, of ‘York, Pa., only surviving member of the detail that guarded the bier of the great emancipator in Phil- adelphia, planned to don his worn blue uniform and call on the chief executive. “Sort of scared” by the fuss made over his trip to Washington, the Civil War veteran was deter- mined to steady himself and give ‘Mr, Roosevelt the same smart sa- lute accorded President Lincoin when he first saw him “many years ago.” SUBDIVISIONS FILE WORK RELIEF PLANS FOR STUDY BY PWA Board at Devils Lake to Sort and Classify Projects To- taling $60,000,000 Devils Lake, N. D., Feb. 12.—(P)— ‘With inventories from more than 3,000 taxing subdivisions filed with the state public works office here Mon- day, a total of more than $60,000,000 in work relief projects awaits sorting, Classification and study. From these inventories will emerge the policies by which North Dakota projects will qualify when the regula- tions of the new federal relief act are announced. Meeting with H. C. Knudsen, PWA engineer, the state public works com- mittee of the planning board outlined methods of determining major needs of various sections of the state. Committeemen present included M. © Gen. Italo Balbo, former mass|ning board. leader of the Italian air corps and now governor of Lybia, was present in the supreme council meeting. His Presence was considered particularly significant because of his knowledge of colonial affairs and since he was nominated to the body only a few days ago. Ethiopians Mobilizing ‘The Ethiopian troops were said to be gathering near Ualual, where sev- eral border incidents have occurred recently. This information was made public as 250,000 Italian reservists received mobilization orders and stood ready to Join ® possible African military ex- edition. Of this number 30,000 already have been moved to their concentration points and it was indi- lcated the organization of units was still in progress. Fifty Italian army planes were en- route to Eritrea from Tripoli. Despite military activity on both sides, the government spokesman said it was still hoped an armed conflict might be avoided. Negotiations for settlement of recent clashes at Ualual and Afdub are still proceeding in Addis Ababs, the official source said, No reaction, he added, has been re- ceived from Addis Ababa in regard to the Italian mobilization. Only ‘Police’ Expedition He said the Italian troops have not yet received orders to move, but that the effort to keep North Dakota's|mov. freight bill at a reasonable figure. Ben C. Larkin, chairman of the state board of railroad commission- ers, pledged the cooperation of that body to continue the fight and in re- turn received promises that the traf- fic association would continue to co- operate with the board. Larkin commended the association for its) sradas help and in turn the board was praised for its activity on behalf of the people. The history of North Dakote’s freight rate battles was briefly re- viewed by W. P. Chestnut of Fargo, association president, who presided; F. P. Aughnay, traffic expert for the state railroad board; E. M. Hendricks, former traffic expert and now secre- tary of the state coal code associa- tion; T. A. Durrant, Grand Forks, and Neil E. Williams, Fargo, traffic experts for their respective com- munities. Means Better Markets It was revealed that important ad- ia, near the border of Italian Somsliland. Several Italian native troops were killed there by Ethiopians two weeks ago. . (Continued on Page Two) Bismarck Men Buy Minot Radio Station pecking | ‘Snowbirds’ Set for Hop to Grand Forks Feb. 12.—(%)—The scunaro' “Arctic Patrol” was all “In order to insure complete co- ordination of all road and bridge con- struction, and all water conservation projects within @ county, the board will ask township units to secure ap- Proval of these types of work relief programs from county planning boards or county boards of commis- sioners,” Ryan declared. “To give close scrutiny to the thou- sands of inventories from individual would not be possible in the brief period allowed for study by this committee. Nor would any assur- ance be forthcoming that the indivi- dual projects would be related to com- prehensive development plans.” Lists Back to County Knudsen announced that Major with suggestion that they de- termine whether there is complete accord between township and county officials as to the desirability of work | less. relief programs submitted by the for- in order to speed up the analysis and treatment of those projects which BONUS RIDER WITH WORK RELIEF BILL BEING CONSIDERED Republican Plan Would Aim An- other Below at Roosevelt’s Pet Measure COMMITTEE MAY CUT FUND Administration Confident ‘Pre- vailing Wage’ Amendment Can Be Defeated Washington, Feb. 12—(@)—An at- tempt to tack a soldiers’ bonus rider on the Roosevelt administration's $4,- 880,000,000 work and relief bill was un- der consideration in some Republican circles in the senate Tuesday. If carried out, this would aim an- other blow at the Roosevelt forces’ hopes of steering the giant appropria- tion through congress without major changes. Meanwhile, administration leaders expressed confidence they could elim- inate the McCarran amendment re- quiring payment of “prevailing wages” to 3,500,000 persons the administration plans to employ on public works. The administration plan is to pay “secur- ity” wages estimated at $50 a month. But the leaders were concerned lest the senate appropriations committee approve another Democratic proposal to cut the bill to $2,880,000,000. They think a bonus rider could not carry, for it has always failed in the senate when presented as an amendment to another bill, but never- theless they expressed some anxiety over the added delay such a fight might cause. The appropriations committee was work | called to meet late Tuesday to take a final vote on the amendment of Senator McCarran (D-Nev.). 4 The administration won a tempor- .|ary victory on this issue Monday when the committee voted 14 to 9 to reconsider its action of last week when it approved the change, 12 to 8. GAME CHIEF PLANS PERSONNEL SHAKEUP Probably Will Reduce Warden Force From Maximum of 12 to Eight A shakeup in the law enforcement personnel of the North Dakota game and fish department is planned, com- missioner Arthur Peterson said Tues- day, as a move to “decrease costs and increase efficiency.” ‘The commissioner, appointee of disqualified Governor Thomas H. Moodie, said he probably would re- duce the game warden force from a maximum of 12 men during open game seasons, to a maximum of eight, and cut the special deputies from a 1,100 maximum to 600 men or He also revealed he will replace Warden Nap LaFleur of Minot with & new appointee. George Murray of Berthold has been offered the posi- tion, but Commissioner Peterson said he has not yet received Murray's ion acceptance. Should Murray decline Improvements Asked the post, a new man will be named, he said. Peterson declined to comment on capitol reports that L. L. Rudrud of Grand Forks would be replaced as a warden, stating he had “not yet de- termined” what action he would take. At the present there are only two full time wardens in the department, but special deputies assist in guard- ing against game and fish law vio- lations, Peterson said. “I plan to. build a smaller force of game and fish law enforcement agents,” Peterson said. “The force, however, will consist of highly qual- ified and efficient men to aid en- forcement and promote conservation in this state. Lack of sufficient funds also necessitate a reduction in per- sonnel.” Pair Before Miller On Contempt Charge Minot, N. D., Feb. 12.—(?}—Cited Judge to Sit Up Late for Verdict e THOMAS W. TRENCHARD Flemington, N. J., Feb. 12—(7) —Justice Thomas W. Trenchard will remain in the county court- house until midnight awaiting bie verdict of the Hauptmann jury. If the jurors return no ver- dict by then, he will go to his ‘Trenton home, 24 miles away, and Teturn to Flemington at 10 a. m. next morning. He was undecided whether he would charge the jury before court adjourns Tuesday. 000 REPRESENTING FRATERNAL GROUPS | HERE FOR CONGRESS Speakers Extoll Protection of | Home and Family as Aim of Societi Protection of homes and families was extolled as the spirit of fraternal insurance by speakers at the North Dakota Congress rally here Monday night, attended by approximately 500 members of the eight legal reserve so- cieties of western North Dakota. “Fraternal insurance is based on a sound principle.” Harold Hopton, state insurance commissioner, told the dele- gates in the main address. Rates in all such insurance organizations are established on a firm foundation of vital mortality statistics and have the additional value of being # coopera- tive, service program, he said. Walter Fearn, Fargo, disability manager of the A. O. U. W., traced briefly the history of fraternal insur- ance and pointec out the record made by these organizations in surviving the depression without being forced to borrow a single dollar from the Re- construction Finance Corporation to continue operations. Past President Speaks B. C. Marks of Fargo, past presi- dent of the National Fraternal Con- gress, brought greetings from the na- tional organization and pointed out that the combined assets of the frat- ernal insurance organizations now total over one billion dollars. Introduced from the speakers’ plat- form were Mabel C. Lindgren of Minot, president of the state group; M. D. Anderson of Fargo, secretary- treasurer; Josephine Long of Fargo, state manager of the Royal Neigh- bors; Mrs. Alfred Zuger, chairman of the local arrangements committee, and Mrs. E. F. Trepp of Bismarck. Entertainment features of the pro- gram included selections by the Girls’ Glee Club of the Bismarck Indian school, directed and accompanied by Mrs. John L, Hughes; vocal selections from “Carmen” by Miss Vivian Cogh- lan, soprano, and James Guthrie, tenor, both students of Miss Maude A. Tollefson, and dance numbers by Camille Wachter, Rita Fortune, Kath- leen Elizabeth Ritterbush, Peggy Homan, Dorothy Barneck, Dor- othy Sakrisson, Marjory Doll and Florence Fritch, students of the Dor- othy Doyle School of Dance. Adolph Englehardt played two vio- lin solos accompanied by Miss Phyllis Wolverton at the piano. Howard Flaherty furnished the piano accom- Paniment for the dance numbers. Places were set for 102 guests at the banquet which preceded the rally| Program. Red. white and blue flags Sen of M. 1. Nethauer Buried Here Tuesday CASE MAY NOT GO TO JURORS UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY Wilentz Charges Defendant ‘An- imal Lower Than Lowest in Animal Kingdom’ BRUNO ‘UNRULY ZOO BEAR’ Asks No Mercy Shown to Alleg- ed ‘Public Enemy No. 1 of This World’ BULLETIN Flemington, N. J., Feb. 12.—(%)— The case of Bruno Richard Haupt- mann will go to the jury Wednesday morning. Prosecution attorneys said during the mid-afternoon recess Tuesday that Justice Thomas W. Trenchard had advised them he would deliver his charge to the jury at the opening of court Wednesday morning. Flemington, N. J., Feb. 12.—()- The state Tuesday asked Bruno Rich- ard Hauptmann’s murder jury to “put. him out of the way” as a “menace.” Attorney General David T. Wilents also charged that Hauptmann’s de- fense against the charge he kidnaped and murdered baby Charles A. Lind- bergh, Jr., was financed by “idiots cranks and fools;” pleaded that no mercy be shown, and dubbed him “public enemy No. 1 of this world.” Compared to Ugly Bear He defended with vigor the cir. cumstantial evidence on which the state depends for conviction, and dwelt at length on that part of the case which he said was not circum: stance. Besides calling Hauptmann “lowe: than the lowest form in the animal kingdom,” he compared him to an unruly bear in the zoo which has te be killed. “Now, the attendant doesn’t like to do it,” he told the jury, “but that bear is a menace, and they put him out of the way “That's what you have got to do with this fellow!” About circumstantial evidence, he said: “When it starts to ecream all the lip evidence in the world can't overe come it.” Not Circumstantial Evidence As not circumstantial, he listed? The identification of - mann by Dr. John F. (Jafsie)| Condon, ransom intermediary, and Joseph A. Perrone, taxi drive er who sald Hauptmann paid him a dollar to deliver a ransom note to Condon. The board in the elesst of Hauptmann’s home with writing on it by Hauptmann—Dr. Con- don's telephone number and ad- dress—as admitted by Hauptmann in the Bronx. The identification of Haupt- mann by Amandus Hochmath, Millard Whited and Ben Lupica as a man seen lurking near the Lindbergh home before the crime. Colonel Lindbergh's identifica- tion of Hauptmann’s voice as that of the man he heard say “hey doctor,” in the Bronx cemetery Fansom rendezvous. “The brokerage accounts, the sleep- ing garments and the $15,000 in gold in the garage is not circumstantial,” he said. “And any one of these things is sufficient,” Deciphers Ransom Symbol Picking up one of the ransom notes, and pointing to the mystic symbol for signature, he said: “And he (Hauptmann) put his sig- nature on there. There it is: The blue circle, the red center and the hole; B in blue for Bruno, R in red for Richard, hole’s H for Hauptmann. ‘Our signature.’ Nobody could repro- duce that except Bruno Richard Hauptmann.” As he reviewed the events that fol- lowed the kidnaping, the negotiations Senator Schall Loses 6 Cars, Lodge in Fire Berwyn Heights, Md., Feb. 12—(> ‘They wife and jcupied the main