The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 24, 1935, Page 1

* North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 MINERS DEMAND PAY | FOR DIGGING TON OF COAL BE RAISED 9¢ “? No Disorder Reported in Fields as 400,000 Workers Respond to Strike Call MAINTENANCE CREWS WORK Washington Conferees Hope for Settlement Before New York Fight Starts be settled. John L. Lewis, presi- dent of the United Mine Work- ers, emerged from a conference on the thorny problem with the assertion the miners would not agree to less than a 9-cent-a-ton increase in pay for men who weigh and load coal. 24.—(P)—New Washington, ' Sept. efforts to settle the soft coal strife creased 9 cents. McGrady descril the conferences as “very friendly.” No disorder was reported in the soft coal fields as the United Mine Workers, estimated by union officials to number 400,000, responded to the general strike call summoning their members from the pits. The strike call was effective Sunday at mid- n night. dispatches reported that gen- maintenance coos News erally only mine were at work. te were juc! states of Pennsylvania and West vie ginia. It also said 30,000 struck in Ohio, 25,000 in Illinois and thousands of others in the middlewest and far west as well as the south. McGrady told reporters after a meeting of the negotiating committee Monday night that “we hope to get a settlement in time to get to the bes fight in New York” Tuesday The dispute over tonnage rates was the only one remaining unsettled after months of argument on gen- eral wage and hour terms. The assistant secretary of labor said the operators had increase in tonnage rates of 7% cents over the old rates, as against the un- ion's latest demand for @ 9-cent in- $300 00 ASKED B ND, HOME BUILDER Bismarck Leads in. Stimulating Construction Trades, FHA Director Says State Director W. Ray Reichert of the federal housing administra an|Legion contingent, elicited repeated SAL TN ANE IOS MERRILY Se TRO IIE TE ETT ASA RL TB | THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ae ‘ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1935 Business as G-Men Setting Up Rookie. G-men quickly learn they can't get by by exercising only their talents as sleuths. To make sure they have a strong aptitude for the work, they get a daily workout before starting to wrestie with problems im detection. Here an important stage in the busi- ness of keeping a G-man from being a set up for bis ctiminal quarry is Mlustrated. They're — r7 eh roof of @ building in Wash- 3 ington, D. Drive Launched Against Coal Mine Scofflaws CRACK LEGION DRUM One Operator Arrested, Five|Be Workings Closed for Ig- noring State Rules CORPS MARGH TODAY OR GLORY OF POST North ‘Dakota's Drum Major Wins Plaudits of '200,000 Roaring Spectators North Dakota coal mine operators Must obey state laws and regulations, Sylvester J. Binek, state inspector, ‘said Tuesday as he announced the closing of five mines and the penal- izing of one operator for failure to observe-the statutes. L. C. Stearns, operating the Qual- ity Lignite mine at Burlington, was Permitted to re-open after he had been arrested for failure to have a Hcense to operate and unpaid work- St. Louis, Sept. 24.—(}—The Amer- ican Legion marched again Tuesday —not to the sound of shot and shell, but to the blare of bands and the cheers. of: thousands who jammed the route of the parade of 100,000 veterans. A North Dakota A Houglum, drum major of that pei men’s compensation insurance. He obtained his license and insurance, J. E. Pfeifer, secretary ‘of the work- men’s compensation bureau said. The mines closed, all in northwest- ern North Dakota, were: Haider mine at Foxholm for not carrying workmen’s compensation in- surance; Close Kenmare Mine Talbott mine at Kenmare for poor working conditions and no compen- sation insurance; Aukerman mine at Bowbells for poor working conditions and no com- pensation insurance; Dahl mine at Grenora for having dangerous gases; cheers from the crowds ‘as she twirl- ed her baton in front of the na- tional. commander. * ‘The North Dakota Legionnaires preceded .the colorfyl maroon and blue-clad drum: and bugle corps from Jacksonville, Fla., and the Win- ter Haven, Fia., girls’ fife and drum corps. Legion - official. estimated nearly 200,000, spectators. jammed into the St.. Louis Memorial plaza to watch the parading veterans. Overhead roared two huge army blimps and & squadron of 60 army cruising planes. Binek announced that next week he would re-check mines in southwest- ern North Dakota where, on a recent trip, he found various irregularities but operators willing to cooperate in correcting conditions, If, Binek said, he should find the conditions had not been improved and the regulations were still being ignored, ‘he would close the mines and arrest the oper- ators. Binek also announced that here- after he would strictly enforce the ,|law requiring each mine with five or more employes to have a certified foreman in charge, To Hold Examinations Belgrano Heads Dignitaries National. Commander Frank N. Belgrano headed a delegation of dig- nitaries in the reviewing stand. To accommodate those operators falling in this classification, Binek said, examinations will be held on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week at 10 a. daily in the mine inspector's office at the state capitol for obtaining the proper classifica- Every mine operator in the state Attorney General P.O. held Brown mine at Williston for dan-; ND, LIGNITE MINERS ARE READY 10 JOIN BITUMINOUS STRIKE 90 Per Cent of Workers Belong to National Body, UMWA Officials Attest PROTEST NEWS RELEASES M'Kee, International Represent- ative, Says Orders Being ‘Held in Abeyance’ Ninety per cent of all miners in North Dakota are members of the United Mine Workers and will lay down their tools in sympathy with the soft coal strike if called on to do 80, UMWA officials said Tuesday. Orders for state miners to join in the strike are being “held in abey- ance,” David McKee, Billings, Mont., international representative of the labor organization, stated. Should a call come for a strike from the headquarters of the na- tional organization, which has called 400,000. miners from work in bitumi- Nous coal fields, there will be no option but for N. D. Miners to follow the call and join the strike, according to word received here Tuesday from Robert Oliver, financial secretary of the local union, 6,404 at Burlington. Protest Statements Protests against published state- ments that North Dakota miners were not members of the United Mine Workers, were voiced by Oliver, Ray Wimsett, president of the local union 6,850 at Dickinson and D. L. Ford, president of the local union, 6,399 at ulah, Oliver called attention to the recent The Weather Unsettled tonight and Wednesday; “somewhat cooler Wednesday.” PRICE FIVE CENTS Baer Wins First Round in Verbal Bout MAX CAN BIND HANDS WITH HEAVY ROLL OF 600 FARMERS UNITE TO FIGHT FOR AAAS CROP CONTROL PLAN Will Attack Industrial Tariffs If New Deal Agency Is Ruled Illegal ATTENDANCE IS SURPRISING Can't Match Enemy Law Firms But Are Equal in Brains, “Leaders Aver Emmetsburg, Iowa, Sept. 24.—(P)— More than farmers from Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and South Da- kota returned to their homes Tuesday to spread the gospel of the League for Economic Equality’s fight to save the AAA. Attendance at the organization meeting Monday night mounted to three times as many as officers of the league anticipated. The league was organized recently to aid in defense of the government’s production con- trol program and to promote a legal fight on the industrial tariff should e AAA be found unconstitutional. The league president, A. 8. Wendel, Bronson, Towa, told the farmers “AAA enemies are aiming to destroy the processing tax.” P. L. Brownlee, Sioux City publisher and league treasurer, declared the American Lib- erty League is fighting the AAA and has “millions of dollars behind it.” “It has,” he declared, “hired 58 law firms to shoot holes in the AAA. We can’t match that, but the Liberty League has no monopoly on intellig- ence and we can match that.” Five delegates were named to at- request of the mine operators that|tend the national corn-hog meeting union members join in opposition to|in Washington, D. C., next week. Proposed pipelines for natural. gas/Vernon Vrooman, Drake University ae had been advanced as suitable/law professor, will: attend as: the 'A projects, league's legal representative. Wimsett stated that the Dickinson} The league now is conducting a union had- approximately 85. mem-| campaign to raise $100,000 to aif in bers, & majority in that district, be-|detraying court expenses incurred in longing to the national organization | defense of the AAA. Each corn-hog cage to call from McKee at any e. Ford’s mi read: “We wish to say to the public that Mr. Blackstun does not speak for local union 6,399 United Mine Workers of America. (M. C. Blackstun, general manager of the North Dakota Power and Light company and operator of a large mine at Beulah, said Monday that the miners of th ate were not united with the national organiza- tion, now striking, and belonged mostly to local unions.) Strike Doubtful McKee said it was problematical whether a strike would be called of lignite workers in North Dakota. He offered no explanation as to why the strike call has not already been re- ceived. According to Associated Press re- leases from Minot, operators in north- western North Dakota have stated they expected no strike or labor trou- bles in view of the fact that many miners belonging to local unions are not affiliated with the UMWA. Levy Ruling Is Issued|tectea éathre Tues-|Grain Dealers’ Chiefs. that, under 1935 laws, com- districts may not make a BIOLOGICAL SURVEY TO DIRECT GRAZING To Keep Cattle and Sheep Off ‘Natural Nesting Grounds of Waterfowl Washington, Sept. 24—(7)—J. N. (Ding) Darling, chief of the biological survey, Tuesday the “great- est single contribution to migratory over here.” a tentative agreement cattle and sheep will be kept out of refuge areas until waterfowl has had its proper tion. The and wheat contract signer is asked to donate $1. MORE THAN MILLION IN RESOURCES GAIN REPORTED BY BANKS North Dakota Banking Situa- tion Steadily Improves, Adam Lefor States North Dakota’s banking institutions have gained more than $1,000,000 in resources in.the past year, Adam Lefor, state bank examiner, revealed Tuesday in a report to Gov. Walter Welford. His report, as secretary of the state banking board, showed resources to- taling $23,244,641.09 for 138 state banks and two trust companies in the state as of June 29, compared with $21,184,289.27 in resources in 143 state banks and two trust companies, June 30, 1934. Eight Peace Committee Abandons Effo Prepares to Leave Whole Situa- tion in Lap of League Coun- cil at This Time in the firm support of the League of Nations’ covenant. (By the Associated Press) The cabinets of both Great Bri- tain and Italy, worried by the in- ternational situation created by the latter nation’s dispute with Ethiopia, met in formal deliberations Tuesday. In Geneva, the “big five” commit- tee, acknowledging defeat in its ef- forts to find a basis for a-solution of the crisis, turned in its report to the League of Nations. This report, which draws no con- clusions but merely recites the his- torical facts of the case, will be taken up by the League council. There were indications the council, in turn, might turn the whole matter over to the assembly. ‘ Ceases to Exist With the submission of the report the committee, composed of rep- resentatives of Spain, Great Britain, France, Poland amd Turkey, ceases to exist. From Rome came reports that the relations between Italy and Great Britain seem definitely improved as the result of a conference between Premier Mussolini and Sir Eric Drummond, the British ambassador to Rome. Italian newspapers said a one-day mobilization of ten million Fascists was imminent. In Ethiopia, warriors were reported marching toward the border as a precautionary measure against a sur- prise attack by Italian forces. To Continue Defense The British cabinet met in a two- hour session and decided, informed quarters reported, to continue the im- perial defense committee as a council of action until the Italo-Ethiopian situation is further clarified. It was said the personal message of Sir Samuel Hoare, British foreign secretary, to Premier Mussolini, de-| sale. lvered Monday night by the British ambassador to Rome, Sir Eric Drum- mond, had received a friendly re- sponse. The message was intended to re- move any misapprehensions Il Duce may have regarding the relationship between Italy and Great Britain in the wake of the concentration of British ships in the Mediterranean, it was explained. ‘Still Forecast War Military observers expressed belief that continued Italian refusal to ac- cept arbitration proposals, as a basis for discussion of the Ethiopian crisis, combined with accelerated military moblization in Italy and a rapid ap- proach to the end of the Ethiopian rainy season, left an outbreak of war in East Africa within a fortnight or so almost a foregone conclusion. Tl Duce was expected to make declaration indicating clearly Italy's course for the immediate future, either at the cabinet session or during the banks increased their capital | mob! stock an aggregate of $40,000, he sald, while total capitalization of the 140 state banks equalled $2,605,000. One bank has been. eliminated through consolidation; three national banks have been taken over by state banks and two state banks have gone into voluntary liquidation, Lefor re- waterfowl] propagation since I took| ported. During the period, seven banks were permitted to change their corporate headquarters in pursuance of the banking department's policy of “en- couraging moving of banks, which may be situated in towns no longer able to furnish sufficient volume of business, to more favorable locations.” “It is believed,” Lefor stated, “that materially improved by the changes of location, and the wooves Fare aise served We SOS over-| situation in the localities treat, |/Vhere the benks formerly operated.” — G. H. Conway of in Bis- Episcopal Starkweather, | worth officiating. president of the Farmers National Bismarck Pays Last Tribute to Shepard Friends, members of the fraternity and business associates E. banker, who died at his home here Sunday. church Fairview Fred L, Conklin, BE. H. L. Vesper- man, F. A. Copelin, O. N. Young and E. T. bag F f aif [i ‘the bible. 5 5. Bérial will be in Africa. Tl Duce’s determination to proceed in his campaign was demonstrated by & series of official decrees, authoriz- ing appropriation of 2,500,000,000 lire (about $200,000,000) for the army, navy and colonies, Think League Helpless Government spokesmen insisted they could not expect League of Na- tions machinery to grind out any ac- ceptable solution to the Ethiopian dis- Weiss Is President of Teachers Conference Scranton, N. Sept. 24.—(?)—Su- perintendent W. A. E. Weiss of Ree- der. was elected president of the Southwestern Conference of High ‘Schools at a circuit meeting here. Supt. Roy Hough of Marmarth was named vice president; and Supt. M. B. Ingebritsen of Buffalo Springs, Springs. Other activities planned fare music festival and declamation.. farmer, died at 9s, m., BANDAGES AND TAPE Stalks Out of Meeting Yelling ‘Fight’s Off? as Louis’ Managers Balk —— o [vin Max’s Corner _ |/max HAS 10 POUND MARGIN Joe Thinks Newspaper Comic Pages Funnier Than Cali- fornian at Weigh-In New York, Sept. 24.—(?)—Making concessions to avoid any hitch in preparations for tonight’s million-dollar heavyweight battle, the managers of Joe Louis agreed to the use of specially-made gloves after « bitter argument today marked by a dramatic threat by Max Baer to call off the fight. Baer scored two important points during a stormy session in the down- town offices of the state athletic com- ba which followed the weighing- in. During the height of the deadlock over what kind of gloves were to be used, the former heavyweight cham- Pion stalked abruptly out of the meeting, shouting “the fight’s off,” but his manager, Ancil Hoffman, re- mained to get the concessions that Max wanted. Give in Louis’ Managers John Roxborough and Julian Black, the co-managers of Louis, not only agreed to adopt the special type of glove desired by Baer but conceded the use of additional bandages and tape on the hands, thus in effect yielding to Max’s desire for all possi- ble protection of his previously dam- aged fists. Baer will enter the ring with an advantage of 11% pounds over Louis. Baer scaled 210% pounds and Louis 199% at the official weighing-in. The old Maestro of Maul, Jack Dempsey himself, will be in Max Baer’s corner tonight when the Californian clashes with Joe Louis in a bout that has revived the golden days of boxing, the days that Jack made golden. TICKET OFFICES DO RUSHING BUSINESS A crowd of more than 3,000 fight fans swarmed around the outside of WITH FRANTIC FANS the state office building. Baer was 20 minutes late in arriv- Speculators Charge $5 for Standing Room; Ideal Weather Prevails New York, Sept. 24.—(7)—Mike Jacobs’ ticket offices at Broadway and 49th Street did @ rushing *busi- ness Tuesday as frantic fans be- sieged the booths for ducats to the Baer-Louis fight. ‘The offices opened at 8 a. m. and a ‘half hour later the supply of popular $5.75 tickets was gone. Ducats at $11.75, $16.50 and $25 still were on Six patrolmen kept the block-long line in order and two others were as- signed to Jacobs’ office. Nearby speculators were charging $5 for standing room as against the $3.45 Jacobs was charging for the same privilege. Ticket booths also were established at the Yankee stadium where the fight will be held but there were comparatively few purchasers there, probably because Jacobs originally had intended to sell tickets only at his downtown office. Fight fans were pouring in steadily from all parts of the country. Over- night trains from the west brought in 1,537 passengers, most of them intent on seeing the big battle. At 10 o'clock Jacobs said 20,000 tickets of all prices except the $5.75 sort still were left but added they evidently wouldn’t last long. King Levinsky, beaten by both of the principals in tonight's bout, left Jacobs’ office proudly displaying three complimentary tickets. The king had no doubts as to the winner. “T'll never forget the left hook Joe Louis walloped me with,” he said. One elderly Negress who said she earned $2 or $3 a week, bought a $25 ticket she said was for herself. A Negro went along the ticket line selling Joe Louis buttons for 10 cents. Photographs of the Negro heavy- weight went for prices ranging from 10 to 25 cents. g fel? re thy i z g County Farmer Here sw cemetery. Pallbearers for the funeral ere] Sever Teigen, 61, Adams county Dunham, Tooal Mospited following © fatal ine ‘McGann, | fe ‘i o_o ing, accompanied by his manager and Jack Dempsey, who announced def- initely he would be in the Californ- ian’s corner tonight. Louis, who had arrived early and been kept waiting nearly an hour by his rival, looked up from a perusal of the comic pages of a newspaper to acknowledge Baer’s “hello” with a short nod of the head. Room Is Packed The room was packed solidly with officials, newspapermen and hangers- on. Baer and Louis posed for picture after picture as nearly 100 photo- graphers went into action. Dr. William H. Walker, official ex~ aminer, said Max’s blood pressure, measuring 128 over 80, was in sharp contrast to his condition the day of the fight he lost, along with the heavyweight title, to Jim Braddock, three months ago. When Dr. Walker remarked about the difference, Baer grinned and re- Plied: “Why not, Doc? I’ve been working for this fight. I never did much to get in shape before.” Louis was characteristically phleg- matic throughout the proceedings but surprised onlookers at one stage by joking with Dr. Walker. The Ne- &ro’s blood pressure was 118 over 65. As Dr. Walker was examining his heart, Joe smiled and remarked: ‘Ain’t Et Yet’ “If my heart ain't right, Doc, it’s because I ain’t et yet.” agi fight all right, Doc?” “You can fight two fights if necessary,” replied Dr. Walker. The two fighters were friendly but not chatty as they posed on and off 5D, NGHT MARSHAL KILLED BY BURCLARS Emery Officer Shot Down as He Goes to Investigate Town Hall Break-in Emery, 8. D., Sept. 24—(?)—George Shocker, night marshal, killed WA pr burglars :30 a. |