The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 6, 1935, Page 1

x ig we peonaen + > * Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1878 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1935 PRICE FIVE CENTS $25,742 Shortage Charged To Two Former Officials President Roosevelt Says Recovery ‘Is Here’ Kelley, Helgeson NEW DEAL'S BASIC PROGRAN REACHES SOD COMPLETION ‘Conditions Such as to Offer Substantial, Widespread Recovery’; He Says ‘CONFIDENCE IS RESTORED’ President Expounds on Admin- istration and His Plans for Nation’s Future Hyde Park, N. Y., Sept. 6—()— President Roosevelt Friday declated the New Deal’s “basic program had reached substantial completion” and ® “breathing spell” for industry “is here--very decidedly so.” He asserted further “that at this moment conditions are such as to of- fer substantial and widespread re- covery.” ‘The president gave his views in a letter to Roy W. Howard, publisher of the Scripps-Howard newspapers, who reported fears of business men and asserted, “there is need to undo the damage that has been done by mis- interpreters of the New Deal.” In perhaps his most complete ex- position of his administration and his ideas for the future, the president said he claimed no “magician’s wand,” but “we do claim that we have helped to restore that public confidence which now offers so aubstantial a foundation. for our recovery.” ‘Recovery of Confidence “I take it,” he wrote, “that we are all not merely seeking but getting the recovery of confidence, not merely the confidence of a small group, but that basic confidence on the part of the mass of ‘our population, in the soundness of our economic life and in the honesty and justice of the purposes of its economic rules. and methods.” Howard discarded hostility. from}; “financial racketeers, public exploit- érs, and_the sinister forces spawned by special privilege,” but asserted that many businessmen of “patriotism and sense of public service” believed the wealth tax bill “revenge on business” and expected a “recess from further experimentation until the country can recover its losses.” ° Roosevelt replied that he would dis- regard “skeptics” and “those actuated by a spirit of political partisanship.” but he believed it a “duty to clarify our purposes” to “critics who are hon- est and non partisan and who are willing to discuss and: to learn.” re Sees Widespread Recovery Informing Howard that the “breath. ing spell” of which he spoke is here the president stated: “It is a source of great satisfaction that at this moment conditions are such as to offer further substantial and widespread recovery. “Unemployment is still with and why information re- it is steadily and was not broadcast forts to meet its problem flagging.” Blames Weather Bureau Roosevelt declared the newly: en-| In. Washington, Harry Li. Hopkins, acted tax program “is based upon a/federal relief administrator, said he broad and just social and believed the weather bureau had not pl 7 warned the stricken zone in time to He stated Ss catia aly. those in- dividual peo} wi we incomes/or escape. fi and individual) The weather bureau said all warn- ry ese == © (QVERNMENT LOAN ENTHUSASH HT ed fact that larger corporations en- joying the advantages of size over smaller tions » Planning Board May Throw Out PWA Applications in Tela- Debt-Ridden Divisions 3. L, KELLEY Charging J.-L. Kelley, Burleigh county sheriff: from 1931 to 1935, and his former deputy, A. H. Hel- geson, with peculations totalling $25,142.13 during their four-year terms in office, F. F. Burchard, | - special accountant, Friday recom- mended to the board of county commissioners that a claim be 32) WAR VETERANS UNACCOUNTED FOR; 14 BODIES FOUND Roosevelt. Wants to Know Why Relief Workers Were Not Removed Sooner ° | | ° Miaini, Fla., Sept. 6—(7)—Of 817 Red Cross reported the total throughout the state at Thursday afternoon, of whom ere war veterans. Friday, however, the Rei at 375 of the 817 vet- were definitely known to be Seventy-one of the 375 were ughout the state 70 civilians t with a demand by a ie E va? us, but, our et- are un- Accused Former County Officials A. H. HELGESON filed against their bond with the state bonding department. Burchard was employed by the county commissioners to make an investigation after alleged irregu- arities in the former sheriff's office were reported last February by Carl R. Kositzky, deputy to Fred Anstrom, present sheriff. ‘Duds’ Cost Co-ed Most at College Minneapolis, Sept. 6.—(®)— Cothes for the co-ed and food for the man, an insurance com- * pany finds, represent the main costs for each in going to college. Apparel costs, a “family econ- . omics” study among 362 Univer- sity of Minnesota students dis- closed, thus make co-ed expenses larger than the male student's. The averages are $7797 a month, against $59.75, exclusive of tuition fees. One suspicion about coed in- clinations suffered a setback however, in that she was found to spend only 76 cents a month more in beauty and barber shops than men do in tonsorial places. Co-eds also spend just a frac- tion of the amount men do on to- bacco, The average fraternity man’s expenses monthly are $96.90, com- pared to $47.21 for the “barb.” LOST MOORHEAD LAD FOUND SARE IN GAR 6-Year-Old Donald Marsh Be- lieved to Have Spent Two Nights in Open A two-day search for Donald, son of Mr. and Mrs, A. L. Marsh of Moor- head, ended late Thursday when & housewife, Mrs. A. D. Griffin, found: the lad perched in an automobile in her backyard about a mile from his allow resident protect: themselves,| home. : ne are Hundreds of volunteers had ranged Disagree Over Appointment of who apparently had spent two nights out of doors, said he was in good phy- sical condition although a little fev- erish. Devils Lake Trucker Killed in Collision Calio, N. D., Sept. 6.—(#)—Claude Shobe, 52 years old, Devils Lake truck driver working on a road construction trucl children residing in Devils Lake. Cormorant’s Waters Mile ue a ( Ee Hide Witherow Body of Spain and : a] Moorhead, Minn., Sept. 6—(7)— City and countryside breathed easier Friday with six-year-old Donald Marsh safe at home. Higher State Taxes To Be Paid in 1936 irerane of 18 wit overt Street e r — Bank Raid Loss $800 ree Property owners of North Dakota Streeter, N. D., Sept. 6.—(P}— The Streeter State bank was held Friday faced higher taxes for 1935-36, ordered by the state board of equal- ization, to provide $1,412,015 against appropriations of the last legislature. up by three bandits about 2:25 p.m. Friday. Loot was between $700 and $800, the trio fleeing in a grey Ford The rate ordered was 2.88 mills.| The 1934 levy was designed to raise $1,347,375. ‘The .18 mills tax rise, the board an- nounced, will supply the bulk of the necessary $1,812,015 to meet “increased appropriations” of the 1935 legislature. The remaining $400,000 comes from the sales tax fund for the general revenue fund, also a board order. In rasing the property levy Thurs- day, the board also set a .20 mill tax lan. Only scanty descriptions are available. One man wore smoked glasses, had reddish hair. Another was dark complexioned. The car bore the license num- ber 38575 but the state designa- tion was not given in the advice received here. VALLEY CITY KILLER COMMITTED SUICIDE NEAR BARNES TOWN John Helland’s Body Found One Mile East of Scene of Woman’s Murder 200 YARDS- FROM HIGHWAY for retirement and interest payment of capital building certificates to produce $98,057 and a .01 mill tax for $49,028 to old age pensions. ‘The replacement phase of the new 2 per cent retail sales tax found the board setting aside $25,000 for relief and $50,000 for mothers aid or pen- sions and old age or blind pensions, supplementary to federal grants. Martell Sees Hitch A possible hitch appears here in- asmuch as Theodore Martell, state commissioner of agriculture, which department admjnisters the old age pension fund, has said in his opinion the state may not spend its money in this manner except with like fed- eral allocations. The board declined to allocate sales tax monies to school purposes, ex- plaining there is no present need. Action is ‘pending ‘on levies for the teal estate bond interest fund, mill and elevator milling bond payment fund, and mill and elevator construc- tion bond payment fund. A farm property valuation of $573,- 326,829 for 1935-36 was set by the board, as compared with $601,332,839 last year. At the same time city real estate values rose, the board setting the fig- ure at $141,527,433, as compared with a valuation of $140,016,306 last year. Personal property assessed valua- tion dipped $8,777,178, decreasing from ‘the $115,318,025 of last year to $106,540,847 this year. Total assessed valuation of all property in the state was set at $980,477,329, upon 50 per cent of which the mill rate will be levied. An aggregate decrease in railroad valuations of $2,576,214 was granted by the board. Total valuations of all rail lines in the state was set at $134,738,214 for 1935, as compared with $137,314,578 for 1634. Great Northern Pays Most Bullet Through Temple Ends Life of Shell-Shocked World War Veteran Valley City, N. D., Sept. 6—(P}— Police wrote an end Friday to the hunt for John Helland, shell-shocked war veteran and aileged jealous killer, whose body a farm boy found near a dump ground. Since the slaying Aug. 22 of Mrs. Conrad Larson, shot to death in a beer garden, Helland apparently had shot himself after fleeing. Paul Bjornson, 12, out looking for his father’s cattle, came upon Helland’s decomposed body about 200 yards from the highway a mile east of here. A bullet, wound in the right temple caused Helland’s death. The body lay on its right hand, which: sipped nine railroads operating in|® -32 calibre revolver. In pockets eee eine rate enon breach | were five cartridges, a handkerchief, lines, the Great Northern Railroad |Comb, and two quarters, received the heaviest increase in val-| Helland, born in Norway, was: uation, which was set, at $71,581,539. |drawing a government pension after Last year's valuation was $70,859,259.| Suffering shell shock in the world The increase this year totaled $722,-|war. Relatives are unknown, cody sata" NBW SALEM YOUTH DROWNED IN WELL IN PEACE EFRORTS| SEEKING GROWBAR Warning Against Gas That Overcame Him Sub-Committee to Deal With Conflict Geneva, Sept. 6.—(#)—Leaders of New Salem, N. D., Sept. 6.—(#)—An the League of Nations council failed Friday to reach an agreement con- cerning the appointment of a sub- committee to deal with the - Italo- Ethiopian conflict. Premier resulted in the death of Roswell Gae- be, 14, of New Salem. Overcome by gas as he was being lowered into the 40-foot hole Thurs- day, Roswell fell approximately halt the distance to the bottom of the well where he drowned in three feet of water. The body lay on the bottom of the well nearly an hour as rescuec efforts were handicapped, persons being low- Laval of France said “an as he emerged from a meeting with the representatives of five other na- tions. He had been in conference with Baron Pompeo Alois! of Italy, An- Britain, Joseph Berdah, instructor at the here, finally recovered the second try. Workers fail- tate Roswell with a pul- Removal Asked ] CLAIR G. DERBY Action to remove Clair G. Derby as Burleigh county auditor was recommended to the board of county commissioners Friday by F. F. Burchard, accountant em- Ployed by the board to examine the records of the sheriff's office under J. L. Kelley. Burchard told the board that Derby's incompetence, neglect of duty and failure to comply with the law had made it easy for J. L. Kelley, former sheriff, and his deputy, A. H. Helgeson, to divert to themselves thousands of dollars which should have gone into the county treasury. SHARP DIFFERENCE OF OPINION SEEN IN STORM INQUIRY American Legion Seeks to Learn Why Veterans Were Not Protected Washington, Sept. 6—(7)—A sharp difference of official opinion on rea- sons for delay in removing veterans from the path of the Florida hurri- cane existed Friday as American Le- gion inquiries were stated to place the blame. Harry L. Hopkins, federal relief ad- ministrator, said the weather reports indicated the storm was “hopping all around there and nobody could have known where it was going to hit.” But Charles C. Clark, acting chief of the weather bureau, said the warn- ings all indicated the trend of the storm. Admiral Cary T. Grayson, Red Cross, chief, agreed with Clark. He said the weather forecasts were 80 good that his organization had ample time to prepare for relief work. In Florida, Governor Dave Scholtz said “great carelessness somewhere” was responsible for the tragedy. The American Legion investigation was ordered by Frank N. Belgrano, national commander of the American Legion. He appointed Howard P. Mc- Farlan of Tampa, Fla., past depart- ment commander of the state, to make the inquiry—“complete, unbiased and impartial.” Were in State’s Care Hopkins, in whose FERA camps the veterans were stationed, not only blamed the weather reports, but said the men in the camps were sent to Florida to help the state highway commission and were technically in the care of the Florida relief admin- istration. Hopkins Thursday sent Aubrey Wil- liams, assistant administrator, to that everything needed is done” to re~ Neve the distress in the storm re- gions. He also authorized Gov. Sholt» to spend any money necessary. The relief administrator acted after discussing the situation with Prest- dent Roosevelt at Hyde Park, N. Y., by telephone. / presidential order instructed the veterans bureau and the relief administration to see that injured veterans were cared for, the | store. dead sent home or to Arlington, and the survivors rehabilitated. Sioux County Hit-Run Fort Yates, N. D., Sept. 6—Peter Driver Gets Jail Term Are Accused in Burchard Report Special Auditor for County Commission Alsq Recommends Removal of Derby as County Auditor; Accuses Him of Inefficiency Investigation Begun Last March Culminates in Sensational Charges; Accountant Says Every Source of Revenue Mulcted Charging irregularities, peculations, defalcations and em- bezzlements in the Burleigh county sheriff’s office during the term of J. L. Kelley from 1931 to 1935, F. F. Burchard, special auditor for the county commissioners, Friday told them the apparent shortage totaled $25,742.13. Since receipt of $9,391.62 of this amount by Kelley as sher- iff cannot immediately be proved, however, and $532.05 has been paid back, Burchard recommended to the commissioners that they file a claim with the state bonding department for $15,818.46. Insurance Commissioner Harold Hopton was to confer with the commissioners Friday afternoon, and formal presentation of the claim to the state was to be made at that time. What, if any, further action will be taken in the matter, either of a civil or criminal nature, was to be discussed at that time. Report Is Fourth in Series The report filed by Burchard Friday is the fourth in a series, others having been presented to the state bonding de- partment from time to time as alleged defaults or peculations were uncovered. The investigation, which began last March, _jrequired six months. Burchard told the commissioners that every source of reve- nue in the sheriff's office showed shortages of money. Turning his attention to the county auditor’s office, Bur- chard charged Auditor Clair G. Dey: with neglect, incompe- tency and inefficiency and recommended that the county-eom- missioners take steps to remove him from office. Had it not been for the alleged inefficiency of the auditor’s office and its failure to obey the law, Burchard asserted, it would have been intpossible for the alleged peculations and embezzlements to go undetected. Many Warrants May Be Invalid As @ result of the activities of Kelley and A. H. Helgeson, his deputy, Burchard told the commissioners, many warrants now outstanding against the county should have been retired and may be invalid, resulting in a loss to innocent purchasers. Asserting that money paid to the sheriff for delinquent personal prop- erty taxes had not been properly accounted for, he suggested that all such persons be billed anew. There is a possibility, he said, that many will be able to produce receipts issued by the sheriff. Burchard has in his possession, he said, at least 100 receipts issued by the sheriff's office under Kelley, in cases in which the county never re- ceived the money. Irregularities in Mileage Accounts Charged Major irregularities were charged in the handling of mileage accounts by Kelley and Helgeson, in the collection of delinquent taxes and in the handling of county warrants. Other charges were buttressed by a heavily documented report covering 131 typewritten pages. er handled any of the m HARVEY MAN FOUND SHOT DEAD IN GAMP|asiis tex SF oatcee Jury Fails to Solve Mystery of Death of Fred Nied, 51, Merchant Kelley had no comment when inter- with it one way or the other. I nev- Harvey, N. D., Sept. 6—(?)—Author- ities were puzzled Friday by the strange death of Fred Nied, 51, Har- vey clothing store merchant, whose shot-ridden body was found in a tourist camp here early Thursday. A coroner’s jury returned a verdict stating it would not determine whether death had occured “by murder or suicide,” Dr. P. A. Boyum, county cor- oner, said. i Nied was last seen at 10:30 p. m., Wednesday when he left the school- men: house here following # local talent) “By authority of the Board of play, “The First Commandment,” in|County Commissioners of Burleigh which he took the part of one of the!county I have made an investigation Wise Men. of the affairs of the office of sheriff Missing all night, his body was found |of said county. early the following morning with aj “The investigation shotgun nearby. The charge had/terms of office of J. L. Kelley, as penetrated upward under his chin andj sheriff, from January 1931 to and in- through the head. . Authorities said they knew of no enemies of Nied. Funeral services will be held Mon- day at St. Cloud, Minn., Nied’s f home. His widow survives. 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