The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 1, 1935, Page 1

Yi =| THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1935 ‘Break in Relief Deadlock Near .King Pra MONARCH ABDICATES ATER PARLIAMENT REJECTS ULTIMATUM ‘Supreme Arbiter of Ebb and Flow of Tides’ Makes De- cision in England WILL NOT VISIT U. S. NOW Announcement Follows Futile Attempts to Patch Up Split With Officials Cranleigh, Eng. March 1—(7}— King Prajadhipok of Siam was an- nounced by his private secretary Fri- day to have abdicated the throne. The announcement of abdication of “the supreme abriter of the ebb and flow of the tides” was made by M. R. Smaksman who has been here with his king on a “vacation” from troubled Siam. Prince, 11, May Be | New Siamese King Bangkok, Siam, March 1.—(7)— Authoritative quarters said Friday night it was believed the Siamese government would accept the ab- dication of King Prajadhipok when an official message is received and name his nephew, Prince Ananda, as the new king. If this expected decision is tak- en, Siam’'s modernized army 1s ex- pected to play the chief role in the future administration, Since Prince Ananda is only 11 years old, it was presumed he would rule under @ regency, The king's rejection of his throne follows months of internal disputes in Siam over governmental matters and repeated conferences in London with a delegation of countrymen who attempted to patch up the wide split between the monarch and his ad: ministration officials. An official notification reaching’ King Prajadhipok from his capital, Bangkok, that parliament had blunt- aly rejected his conditions for retain- ing the throne was the final straw for the picturesque monarch. Answer Means Abdication Smaksman announced: “The dele- gation realizes that this answer from Siam means abdication.” The king insisted he could not re- turn to Bangkok’s palace unless the government recants and makes a complete about face on two of the most serious issues in the dispute; the monarch’s demand for trial in an ordinary court of persons sus- pected of opposition to the govern- ment, instead of summary judgment in @ secret trial, and his objections to (Continued on Page Two) “TROOPS CALLED I FERA PROJECT ROW | Ex-Service Men, Relief Workers at Key West, Fla., Strike for Higher Wages t Seriously Il Former Justice Oliver Wendell ‘Holmes (above), who retired from active service on the bench a few years ago, is reported seriously ill at his home in Washington, D.C. ‘The famous jurist will be 94 years old March 8, GUBANS CONSOLIDATE sIRACTIONS 10 OPPOSE MENDIETA'S REGIME Three Oppositionist Parties Pledged to Set Up Semi-Par- liamentary Government (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press) Havana, March 1.—Mutual hostil- ity to the regime of ‘President Carlos Mendieta brought about consolidation Friday of three oppositionist parties pledged to a program for supplanting his administration with a “semi-par- liamentary government.” The move was sponsored by the ABC, Autenticos and Menocal parties, frequently at loggerheads during Cuba's recently turbulent political his- After agreeing to consolidate their interests, the three groups selected Dr. Joe A. Presno, rector of Havana university, to head the new govern- ment, which they would set up in the event Mendieta should resign. A spokesman for the merged organ- nations, explaining their objectives, os Program calls for a new gov- ernment capable of rescuing civil au- thority, with absolute neutrality in the coming elections. There has been a complete agreement on our program between the ABC and the Autenticos (whose proper name is the Partido Revolucionario Cubano) rg approval in general terms by Menocal (The Menocal party is composed of gether came as President Mendieta’s government faced a critical situation in the threat of a general strike grow- ing out of the school walkout. January Farm Income Declines 4 Per Cent March 1—(?)—Farm income in the ninth federal reserve district for January, 1¢°5, was four Beg dite Burleigh Tax Receipts UGE HOLMES ILL, Show Substantial Gain ‘HOLDING HIS OWN’ Fareny Corie | Collections $32,872 Over Same Period of Previous Year MONTH TOTAL $209,156.31 Payments in Bismarck $102,- 443; Those in Rural Dis- tricts $78,926.26 Current and delinquent taxes for 1934 collected during February of this year show a gain of $32,872.81 over to figures released Friday by Ernest Elness, county treasurer. Tax collections made during Feb ary totaled $209,156.31. Current re: ceipts totaled $181,370 while payments of delinquent taxes amounted to $27,- 786.16. In February, 1934 current col. lections were $15,951.26 and delin- quent payments, $16,766.24, Current tax collections in the city of Bismarck exceeded those from rural districts by $23,517.63. Receipts in Bismarck were $102,443.89 and those in the rural districts, $7 926.26, January collections this year, which also showed a substantial $11,222.78 gain over the same month in 1934, brought the total increase for the first two months in current and delinquent taxes to $44,095. The same collec- tions show a gain of $101,194.90 over the collections for the two-month pe- riod in 1933, FERA 70 LIBERALIZE RELIEF PROGRAM NK DROUTH TERRITORY Each Farmer's Needs to Be Treated as Individual Case, Administrator Announces Chicago, March 1.—(#)—Harry L. Hopkins, federal relief administrator, announced Friday that the gover! ment will liberalize its drouth relief Program to tide stricken states “over the next three crucial months.” Under the new policy, Hopkins an- nounced, the government will waive the limits set in the past both on feed loans made to farmers in the drouth states and on direct grants made for feed purchase. Farmers could, under the old plan, borrow @ sum equal to $6 a head on their livestock. Outright grants end- ed at $25. Hopkins said under the new policy “each farmer will be treat- ed as an individual case,” with the Rural Rehabilitation Corporation of each state empowered to study his needs. ‘We need now to treat each In- dividual on the merits of his case,” said the relief administrator. “With spring coming on, there will be a great deal of farm activity. Animals on short rations during the winter of Repayment rehabilitation officials we power, Hopkins said, determine how farm borrowers are reliet|kota.” Asked if the former governor load now stands at an all time high, the young cgi aallg aa “There aren't as many same |Telief today as there were oe the agencies set up through federal funds FARGO STRIKE, FERA INQUIRIES PROPOSED IN HOUSE THURSDAY; Godwin’s ¢ Third Move & Move Succeeds; Resolution Asks Probe of Alleged Relief Graft Two investigations, one ordered and the other -proposed, Thursday gathered the attention of North Da- kota’s house, bringing to a temporary halt its consideration of senate leg- islative measures. Successful in his third attempt, majority floor leader W. J. Godwin saw his resolution calling for an in- vestigation into the Fargo coal driv- ers’ strike passed by the house, after it previously had been turned down twice by the lower assembly. A few minutes after the Godwin resolution had passed, another reso- lution, calling for an investigation of the state federal emergency relief administration was introduced by a Group of four representatives. With one investigation measure disposed of, and a second one set aside for Friday, the house once more turned its attention to its calendar of 13 senate measures. Pass Eight Senate Bills ‘The house killed one senate proposal governing prohibition of corporation farming, indefinitely postponed three other senate measures, and passed eight bills sent from the upper chamber. Introduced by representatives Le- land J. Smith of Cass, D. C. Cunning- ham of Grand Forks, J. C. Blaisdell of Ward, and R. J. Downey of Ram- sey, the concurrent resolution asking investigation of FERA in the state, peomeene ane up a joint commit- legislators, three from each |e cs investigate state or private allocated through the FERA. The resolution also asks congress, Harry L. Hopkins, national FERA administrator and the president to take “immediate steps to investigate the administration of relief in North Dakota.” Claims that salaries paid heads of! certain departments in FERA were “out of proportion” to those paid oth- er professional and business men,! ni made in the resolution, which | also asserted that administration of! Telief should be by county setups. Asks Prosecution of Graft The resolution asked prosecution, if evidence of “graft, fraud, misfeas- ance, embezzlement or other crimes” were revealed in the investigation, and discharge of persons responsible if mismanagement and inefficiency in administration were discovered. Over the protests of L. L. Twichell jof Cass, who attempted to block the move, the house passed a resolution ; calling for the Fargo strike investiga- | tion to determine what changes, if; any, should be made in laws regulat: ing’ power of state's attorneys to is-| sue informations against persons. Twichell termed the resolution “il- legal” maintaining it carried pro- visions for expenditure of funds whieh could be made only by con- current action of both house and senate, With the exception of short argu- ment over the Godwin proposal to (Continued on Page Two) MOODIE CONSIDERED FOR JOB WITH FHA Disqualified Governor Probably Will Be Appointed as State Administrator Washington, March 1.—()—Former Governor Thomas Moodie, of North Dakota, was reported Friday under consideration for the job of housing administrator for his state. The FHA made known Moodie had been invited to Washington to discuss “the housing situation in North Da- was under consideration for appoint- ment as administrator, a spokesman | tt for FHA said, “anything can hap- Pen. Moodie’s term was cut short by a ‘supreme court decision which held he did not meet the five-year residence requirement of the state constitution. ‘The FHA spokesman ssid Moodie was intensely interested in the ad- ministration’s and jbed, the justice went like this (Bid- AGAINST PNEUMONIA Noted Former Jurist of : Jurist of Supreme Court, 94 Years Old, Unchanged REPORTED IN GOOD SPIRITS Physician Reports Patient Conscious; Not Suffering From Illness Washington, March 1.—(#)—Physi- cians attending Oliver Wendell Holmes reported after @ noon visit Friday that the retired supreme court Justice was “holding his own.” This word was given newsmen through Holmes’ former secretary, Mark Howe. Finding the aged jur- ist’s condition unchanged, Howe quot- ed the attending doctors as saying: “The fact that he is holding his own is very encouraging.” “Mr. Holmes is conscious,” Howe said, “and has not suffered at all since the beginning of his illness. He \has had no visitors today, however. He is resting comfortably.” Howe announced that Dr. Lewis C. Ecker and Dr. Longcope of the Johns Hopkins medical school faculty, Bal- timore, had been called into consulta- tion, Little Change Expected Howe said the doctors indicated they did not expect any immediate change in the justice's condition. It was learned also from Howe that President Roosevelt had been keep- ing in touch with the jurist’s condi- tion by telephone. Francis Biddle, chairman of the labor relations board, was an early caller. Emerging from the modest red brick residence, Biddle, a former secretary to Holmes, said: “They told me that he had spent & very fine night and was consider- ably improved. “They said he was in good spirits and had some cereal for breakfast. “Why they even told me that when + Felix Frankfurter was walking by the dle then thumbed his nose) laughed heartily. “I understand that both Professor Frankfurter and James G. Palfrey of Boston have seen the justice. “I know also that they stopped giving him a heart stimulant Thurs- day. He is a marvelous old man. It certainly is miraculous when a man almost 94 has pneumonia and does not require a stimulant for his heart.” Resting Comfortably After Dr. Thomas J. Claytor had spent 15 minutes with Mr. Holmes, | Mark Howe, a former secretary to the legalist, told reporters the doctes had found his patient “unchanged, com- fortable and in good spirits.” Although he did not know the na- ture of the treatment the doctor was giving, he felt that neither artificial stimulants nor oxygen would be re- quired again, at least for the present. A dim light burned throughout the night in a second floor front bed- room, apparently the chamber occu- pied by the justice. Friends marveled Friday at the vi- tality of Holmes, “great dissenter” of the supreme court. Lying abed with an attack of bronchial pneumonia which associates fear will end his long life, the jurist talks cheerfully to callers and displays remarkable mental vigor. Holmes will be 9¢ years old on March 8. Physical weakness forced him to step down from the supreme court bench in 1932. Road and Building Contractors Unite and | tractors into one major organizaiion was reached at a banquet held here eee night in the Grand Pacific Prime movers in the effort were John Holman of Fargo, named tem- porary secretary of the organization; Isaac Mattson of Minot, president of Pi jadhipok of Siam Quits Throne Diminutive Monarch of Siam Forfeits Throne KING PRAJADHIPOK AND QUEEN Failure of parliament to accept the terms of his ultimatum Friday brought an announcement from King Prajadhipok of Siam that he has abdicated his throne, * Church No Roman Even if Senate Is | Long words are “duck soup” for W. J. Church of Bismarck, an assistant secretary of the senate, but Latin names for weeds nearly had him “stumped” Thursday. A house bill carrying a list of noxious weeds and their Latin terms was being read in the senate by him. “Euphorbia -er Church, “Esula - or - er - - ah— Euporbia Virgata.” he continued, which in English is common leafy spurge. “Lapidium draba,” he struggled on, mopping his brow— “And a lot of other things,” he added as a happy after- thought. as the senators joined in the laughter. SOCIAL DRIVE DELAY SEEN IN NRA PROBE Demand for Immediate Recov- ery Act Inquiry May Push Security Plan Aside Washington, March 1.—()—Some of the warmest supporters of the ad- ministration’s social security program expressed fear Friday that it would be seriously delayed by the NRA investi- gation. ‘The inquiry into the recovery agency was referred by the senate to the fin- ance committee, which also has be- fore it the social security legislation. The full finance committee was ord- ered to sit on the Blue Eagle investi- gation instead of sending it to a sub- committee. Some members of the committee said Friday that both the investiga- tion and the framing of the security “ININE BILLS AND ONE !egislation were jobs which would re- |quire the committee's full time for a long period. They expressed concern over the situation. With NRA critics pressing the com- , mittee for a full inquiry into charges “jof monopoly and oppression senators friendly to the social security plan feared it would be pushed aside for an indefinite period. On the other hand, some of those interested in the NRA inquiry were apprehensive lest the social security legislation interfere with a “full and free” inquiry into the recovery admin- open and complete” hearings. A meet ing of the committee was set for next Tuesday. Senator La Follette (Prog., Wis) one of those fearful that a jam would re- sult from the situation, tried recent- 29,085 below the Deocedine | pes ‘week and 22,012 below the correspond- the NRA administration in| position with an Albuquerque, N. M.|ing week in 1934, . . 190,881 cars over ya Stren f| socks Ted man ; RESOLUTION PASSED | IN SENATE SESSION; oo Deferred on Controver- sial Weighing and Grading Act Thursday Deferring action on the contro- versial livestock weighing and grad-| ing bill which was approved by the! house after a bitter fight, the North} Dakota senate Thursday eased its strenuous activities of the past. week, | passing only nine bills and one reso- | {lution. | The bills, all previously passed by | the house, either go to the governor} for signature or. where amendments were made, are returned to the house for concurrence, The hottest verbal debate of the | day came on house bill 93, which pro- | vides that under chattel mortgages | jon livestock, any increase in livestock | fatter the mi je was in effect would not be covered in its enforce-| ment, Exempt Federal Loans After killing the bill by a 29 to 18) vote, the senate reconsidered its ac- tion and passed the bill, 27 to 21, amending it to exempt loans of the federal government or its agencies. The senate passed H. B. 169, set- ting aside $20,000 of game and fish department funds for use in water conservation work and construction of dams. Not more than $1,000 may be fe on any one dam built. The proposed law would make it: the duty of the game and fish com- missioner to appoint at least one state game warden versed in this! type of conservation, who would be directed to furnish data concerning suitable location and sites to ime pound water, create lakes and ponds for game and fish and recreation. ‘The commissioner is given full power to carry out the program under the bill which now will be sent to the governor for signature. i Stock Bill Re-reterred When house bill No. 7, the pro- posed weighing and grading act, came before the senate, the bill was ve-referred to the appropriations (Continued on Page Two) Light Quakes Shake Portions of Midwest Kansas oi. March 1—()—A light The Weather ‘artly cloudy tonight and Saturday; Dot math chenes a in temperature. ° PRICE FIVE CENTS WEEK-END PARLEYS MAY FIND SOLUTION TO WORK BILL SNAG Administration Leaders Hope for Compromise on Mc- Carran Amendment WAGE CLAUSE IS ISSUE Plan Suggested to Let Presi- dent Cut Pay If Conflict. ing With Industry BULLETIN Washington, March 1—()}—Sena- tor McCarran (D-Nev.) Friday pro- posed modification of his wage amendment to the $4,880,000,000 relief bill to permit the president to regulate hours so the private pay scale could be adhered to without ad- ditional cost, but administration leaders were described as cool to the proposition. Washington, March 1.—()—Demo- cratic leaders looked Friday to week- end conferences on the $4,880,000,000 work and relief bil] in the apparent hope that the deadlock could be brok- en before the senate meets again on Monday. Senator Robinson, Democratic lead- er who conferred for 90 minutes with President Roosevelt Thursday, a discussion Friday with negotiators seeking @ compromise on the McCar- ran amendment which would require the president to pay prevailing to the 3,500,000 “employables” the government plans to put to work. What Various Factions Want Here's what the various factional leaders are contending for in the epochal relief contest in the senate: Senator Robinson, Democratic lead- er: Either a scrapping or a change in the McCarran wage amendment to permit President Roosevelt to carry forward his an- nounced program of ultimately get~ ting rid of the dole and at 3,500,000 employables on relief to nri- vate enterprise by paying them below the existing scale of wages. Senator McCarran (Dem., Nev.): ;Payment of the wage prevailing in Private industry either by his original proposal or a new amendment re- taining the “spirit” of that intention, Senator Adams (Dem. Colo.)4 wants the $4,880,000,000 appropriation: cut to $1,880,000,000 to carry on the dole and existing work relief for an- other year. Senator Byrd (Dem, Va) favors this. Senator Glass (Dem., Va.), chaire man of appropriations committee: Against prevailing wage: But would like to see appropriation slashed. Senator Wheeler (Dem., Mont.t jWould finance the $4,000,000,000 work program with new currency, Senator Thomas (Dem. Okla): wants a rider to provide more cur= rency through mandatory purchases of silver until the one-quarter metale jlic reserves are in the white metal, or until the price reaches $129 an ounce. Senator Bulow (Dem., 8. D.): Seeks to include in bill payment of the bon- (us with treasury notes retirable in /1945, when the bonus is due, Senator McNary, Republican lead- jer, and Republicans generally: want. to limit the program to one year with smaller appropriation. There was a seeming lessening of cheerfulness late Thursday among jsome of the followers of Senator McCarran (Dem., Nev.) while ad- ministration leaders appeared more optimistic. Reynolds’ Proposal Studied Whether any compromise would center around the suggestion put for- ward Thursday by Senator Reynolds $50 a month, suggested that the pres- ident be empowered to cut relief wages below the prevailing level in cases where they were found to be drawing men away from jobs in pri- te industry. A principle contention of the “se- curity wage” advocates is that higher Pay would defeat the purpose of the tt ented § Eg heen ae eoeteeies