The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 21, 1935, Page 1

North Dakota’s - Oldest Newspaper — ESTABLISHED 1873 ‘Big Push’ i kt kk Duce Ma BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1935 xk EIGHT SHIPS SEARCH FOR 37 MEN FEARED LOST INRAGING OCEAN All Trace Lost of Sailors After Taking to Lifeboats Off Hebrides FREIGHTER’S CREW LUCKIER 13 Killed, Scores Injured in Brit- ish Isles; Scandinavia Is Lashed London, Oct. 21.—()—Eight ships searched Monday for 37 men feared lost after abandoning a foundering freighter in @ raging stor, which killed 13 and injured scores in the British Isles, The crew of the 5,735-ton freighter Vardula took ‘to their lifeboats in tempestous seas 400 miles west of the Hebrides after sending SOS ¢alls Sat- Since then there has been no trace of the storm-lashed crew or the ship. crew of the freighter Pendennis, ‘messages related, was luckier. Bet the Pendennis sank in the Nogth Sea, whipped by the same storm, the Norwegian steamer Iris reached her and took off 22 men. The stricken ship was heavily laden with coal. SOS calls were received from the Italian steamer Pilsa, 8,000 tons; the French Ouvertine 2,114 tons, and the Latvian Kandava, 1,905 tons, but their bm and conditions were not ven. The Scandinavian coast was 50 storm-ridden that harbors were tied up, and ferry boats plying between Germany and Denmark have not been operated since Saturday. 30 SARGENT COUNTY CORN EXHIBITS SENT TO BISMARCK SHOW Stage for. Vaudeville Set Up; School Scheduled to Open Thursday Entries were arriving in large numbers Monday as officials of the State Corn Show moved forward rap- idly to complete arrangements for the 13th annual event, opening here Thursday. Largest among the recent entries was a group of over 30 exhibits from Sargent county, always a large exhi. bitor and one of the chief contend for the county trophy, held for the last two years by McLean county. At the World War Memorial build- ing, scene of the three-day event, workmen were busy Monday setting up the eight display racks which tend the entire width of the big au- ditorium. The stage-for the vaudeville show, will open at 2:30 p. m., ternoon with Dean H. L. Ws the Agricultural college charge. The school will of the three days at the the afternoon, Competition in the 4-H clubs section is expected to be keen with early entries indicating pete in this division of the show. Runyan-Zimmerman Square at End of 18 Oklahoma City, Oct, 21—()—Wag- Bond Issue Approved In Hebron Election that close to 100 exhibitors will com-|farm produce. The convention recom- Andy Gump’s Creator, Sidney Smith, Killed Chicago, Oct. 21.—()—Sidney Smith, 58, creater of the nationally syn- — strip, “The Gumps,” is dead—the victim of an automobile ‘The first comic artist to get a million-dollar contract, Smith was killed Sunday morning en route to his 2,200-acre farm between Rockford, Ill., and Beloit, Wis. He was alone in a small sedan. ‘The driver of the other car, Wendell Martin of W/-tseka, TL, was suffering from a broken hip, a fraciured Jaw and possible internal injuries, ‘The machines collided head-on, Smith’s car careening across a ditch and into a telephone pole. No witnesses to the accident were found. To Continue Cartoon torial direction of Joseph Medill Patterson, president of the syndicate and publisher of the New York Daily News. Smith, in 1922, signed the first $1,000,000 contract ever given a comic strip artist. It was for a term of 10 years. He had just signed a renewal of his contract for five years at a reported sum of $750,000. ‘Numerous anecdotes about Smith were recalled by asso- clates Monday. Took Teacher's Advice One of Smith’s own stories to which he attributed some Bim of his success was about a school teacher who told him in 1890: “You're not fit for anything but a cartoonist.” “Not knowing what a cartoonist was,” he said, “I felt in- sulted. I later started work on a canvas as big as a door. I called it ‘Mother and Child’ and persuaded a storekeeper to put it in his window, with a sign: ‘For sale .” “The women of Bloomington decided it had no merit. To get even with them I put another sign on the picture, ‘sold’.” Lost Job Quickly His first regular job, in Indianapolis, was lost in a few Min _ weeks, Smith said. “The art manager,” he said, “turned me down for a Job and I went over his head to the managing editor. The managing editor fired the old art manager and gave me the $35-a-week job. The first day I made myself a paper crown and printed on it: ‘Who's boss s:ound here anyhow?’ “My regime was too much of a reaction, so I got fired, . too. Repartee Won Position “I went to the Pittsburgh Press later and asked the managing editor for a job. : “*‘How in thunder,” he said, ‘do you know you're a car- toonist?’ Egot-a-job.’ | eterson Mourns Hunting Time Lack ea ie ie While others were merrily pur- suing the elusive pheasant this year, one man probably closest to the problem of any person in the state saw the. season pass with- out getting his gun to his shoulder—Arthur I, Peterson, state game and fish commission- er. thunder,’ I replied, ‘do I. know you're @ managing editor?’ ROOSEVELT TRAILED BY TROPICAL STORM Hurricane Forces President to Cancel Plans; Jamaica Is Damaged 4 | 4 Peterson mourned the fact that the season sped by. “This is the first time in my life I haven’t been able to get out hunting pheasants,” Peterson said—‘just my luck to be too busy with the enforcement itself to hunt.” a YOUNG LEAGUERS FOR SOCIAL LAWS Farm Production Costs and Better Labor Wages Fav- ored by New Group Aboard the U. 8. 8. Houston En Route to the United States, Oct. 21.— (#)\—President Roosevelt Monday closely watched weather reports of a hurricane trailing the Houston out of the Caribbean Sea as this ship sped slong the eastern fringe of the Bahama Islands, Previous plans to stop Monday off Crooked Island were cancelled to await the latest reports of the tropi- cal disturbance, Effects of the gale were felt Sun- day as the Houston and the Portland encountered rough seas, high winds and severe squalls traveling through the windward passage, between Cuba and Haiti. The Belen observatory announced the storm was not likely to imperil Florida, “There is some to the extreme eastern tip of Cuba.” ‘The storm in Jamaica caused exten- . D., 21.—(@)—|Sive damage to the banana crops in eet eatiaes ah enia the north and eastern end of the Bt Horn Dakota. Mi operates ot) The disturbance, first located path improvements. ‘Week-end convention activities, first) near the center. ste zr TAX TOKEN SURVEY ccc} IS MADE BY SMITH %. WIN. De je" 3 rmin: pang? Devils Lake: eamurery Robert| Attitude of Other States Towards Coins better banking facilities and mended endorsed 5: aa g mM Hl ff ils g i E H E i i E ' Heit one broke night and cl i * * * THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE xk * n Ethiopia Started | y Begin Peace Overtures MONTANA'S WINTER [PRAIRIE FIRE BURNS |Margin Trading Declared SPEEDS UP RELIEF | 36 SQUARE MILES OF FOR QUAKE VICTIMS) LAND IN TWO STATES) Gas Mains, Carrying Fuel for)/Hundreds Battle Flames That Helena Homes, Came Through Unharmed Started Near Wheaton, Minn., Saturday WEATHER BELOW FREEZING|FIRE BEGINS ANEW SUNDAY Property Damage Estimates in Capital City Increased to $2,500,000 Helena, Mont., Oct. 21.—(#)—The first thrust of fierce Montana win- ter accelerated relief and rehabilita- tion work in the treasure state's quake-town capital Monday and gave threat of added suffering for the hundreds driven from their homes by 323 temblors in the past nine days. Windows were shattered by a fresh series of earth shocks here Monday. They crashed with recurrent jolts some of which were of two seconds duration. Heartening workers as they carried forward the task of clearing debris and inspecting shock-weakened build- ings was the report of the Montana Power Co., that all its gas mains had come through the quakes unharmed. A considerable proportion of Helena homes are heated by gas. Temperatures dipped below freezing during the night. Debris Being Cleared In all sections of the city, house- holders were clearing debris and im- provising chimneys to serve until masons and tinsmiths could make permanent repairs. National guardsmen, equipped with steel helmets and rifles, patrolled the business. district....All_public places re- mained closed under orders of the city council. Many residents returned to their homes, hoping there would be no re- petition of Friday night’s terrifying quake which cost two lives and caused property damage which City Engineer Oscaar Baarson estimated at $2,500,- 000. Refugees In Tent Col. E. H. Williams of the national guard estimated that 400 or 500 refu- gees still were huddled: beneath 100 tents set up in the FERA temporary relief shelter. Sen. William E. Murray and Rep. John P. Monaghan surveyed the damage and Murray, terming the quake “one of Montana's worst disas- ters” said he would go by airplane to Washington to ask immediate help. Monaghan announced he had noti- fied President Roosevelt personally of the heavy loss as well as calling upon the relief and federal housing admin- istrations and the war department. Housewives Continue Minneapolis Boycott Minneapolis, Oct. 21.—()—House- wives protesting present high meat prices will continue picketing of downtown retail markets Monday and Tuesday, Mrs. I. G. Scott, vice-presi- dent of the Women’s League Against the High Cost of Living, said. She also announced a delegation of four would appear before a meeting of Chicago packers Monday to pre- sent a demand for a 25 per cent cut in prices. The first two days of the four-day boycott were quiet as the women, un- hampered by police, paraded in front of markets with signs demanding de- creased prices at the expense of pack- era, CHARITY WORKERS MEET Minneapolis, Oct. 21.—()—The Nor wegian Lutheran Church of Amer- ica. Tuesday its 50th annual conference of charity workers. Blaze Roars 20 to 30 Feet in Air, Leaping Highways and Firebreaks Wheaton, Minn., Oct. 21.—()—De- stroying thousands of tons of hay and numerous hunting shacks, a prairie fire burned over an area of more than 36 square miles across western Min- nesota and into South Dakota Sun- day. It was one of the worst prairie blazes ever experienced in this sec- tion, the flames rushing across the bottom of Mud lake. Pheasants and rabbits living in the tall brush rushed from the fire by the hundreds. Hundrytis of men from this community afd Roberts coun- ty, in South Dakotg, fought the blaze. Thought Under Control ‘The fire started Saturday afternoon, 3% miles west and one-half mile south of Wheaton. The Wheaton fire department was called out and after fighting the blaze for more than four hours, until darkness fell, believed it under control. At 6:30 a. m., Sunday the con- flagration started anew on the South Dakota side of the lake. Men in the two states were aroused and they continued their efforts through- out the day, burning firebreaks and doing everything possible to subdue the: flames, which were-fanned* bys strong west wind. Siren Summiens Fighters ‘The fire siren blew again at 2 p. m. and at 6 p. m, Sunday, summoning volunteers as more men were needed to save ‘the farm buildings along the shore line. The strong wind drew the flames into the air 20 to 30-feet, making it possible for the blaze to jump roads and set fire to haystacks which were thought out of danger. WHEAT KING IS ‘ON WARPATH? FOR AAA Thomas D. Campbell: Declares in Washington ‘I'm Regi- mented and Like It’ Washington, Oct. 21.—()—Thomas D. Campbell, Hardin, Mont., wheat grower, formerly of North Dakota, was in Washington Monday “on the war- bie ,St the absurd criticism of the The AAA, Campbell said in his one- man campaign in its support, for the first time put the farmer on a parity with the manufacturer. “Two years ago,” he said, “it took two carloads of wheat to bring me to Washington. This year it took just about a truck load. I'm regimented and I like it.” Campbell said he was going to te!) President Roosevelt of AAA helps to agriculture, go to New York to tell “big business” the same thing, and urge that the AAA be made perman- ent and its constitutionality assured, * JAMESTOWN MAN DIES Jamestown, N. D., Oct. 21.—(7)— John Alvery, 63, Jamestown laborer and a resident of the city for 20 years, died here Sunday. Hf Gambling by High Court Trading on margins in the grain market is gambling under the meaning of North Dakota laws, the supreme court ruled Monday in deciding that Julius Sjothun, Sargent county farmer, need not pay $383 to the Becher- Barret-Lockerby company, Duluth gtain brokers. Facts presented at the trial in the Sargent county district court, showed that Sjothun opened an account with the brokerage firm in August, 1929, and had numer- ous transactions with it, consist- ing of the purchase of wheat on margin. When it was closed out, Sjothun had lost $448 and in addition faced a book indebtedness of $383, which the brokers sued to collect. Sjothun’s defense was that it was & gambling debt and hence could not be collected under the law, any more than an IOU given ina poker game. His contention was upheld by both the district and supreme courts, The official court pronounce- ment was that “all transactions in grain or other commodities, made with the understanding that at the appointed time the account is to be adjusted by paying and receiving the difference between the contract price and the cur- rent price, are gambling transac- tions.” Highway Collision, Crossing Crash, Ditched Vehicle Take Drivers’ Lives North Dakota's automobile death toll for 1935 was raised to 89 over the week-end: Joseph P. Houle of Belcourt. Thomas H. Hunter of Fargo. Charles Holmstrom, Jr., Gackle. A head-on crash of two light auto- mobiles near Starkweather late Sat- urday brought death to Houle, 46. Crashes Into Another Houle’s machine crashed into the car of Fred Skadal, Weaver, N. D. who was returning home with his fam. ily. No one in the Skadal car was in- jured. Houle is believed to be a Can- adian veteran, Hunter, 54, was killed when a Great Northern CCC special hit his truck on the Pinkham crossing two miles north of West Fargo at 2:30 p. m. Sunday. A T. F. Powers Construction company employe 28 years, he was superintendent of the current Fargo Sewage Plant construction. Dr. elie Elofson, Cass county coroner, there would be no inquest. Funeral services were held at the Finnish Lutheran church near Gackle for Charles Holmstrom, Jr., killed in an automobile accident. Crushed Against Rock Holmstrom apparently drove his car off the road and to keep it upright for several yards as it ran along the ditch. It struck a rock- pile and overturned, however, pinning crushing Holmstrom beneath it and his head against a rock. In addition to his wife and two children Holmstrom leaves his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Holm- strom, Sr., of Gackle, and # number of brothers and sisters. He was 27 years old. Funeral services were conducted by Rey. Gideon Daniels, Hecla, 8. D. SHEEP-KILLING DOG OWNER LOSES CASE New Trial Denied Farmer Who Lost $370 in Traill Dis- trict Court The state supreme court Monday refused a new trial to Anton Rustad, Ruth Nichols, Ace Pilot, ==: 5 Aides, Hurt in Crash i i : z i } ? i i 5 2 i Hl ; E € i creditors and 3 N. D. Men Killed In Car Accidents cess | Peace Leader Dies j ° PRICE FIVE CENTS xk * ITALIAN ARMS POISE FOR ‘BIG PUSH INTO. BTHIOPIAN INTERIOR Strain on Relations Between London and Rome Has Eased Somewhat BRITISH PARLIAMENT MEETS Laval Seeks Way to Give Mus« solini Occupational Rights in Africa (By the Associated Press) Fascist Italy’s “big push” in Ethi« opia has started. From Italian Somaliland, the army of Gen. Rudolfo Graziani was driving Monday toward Gorrahei, the heart of Ogaden province in southeast Ethiopia. In the north, the main Italian army, massed from Aduwa to Adigrat, awaited the “zero hour” for the drive on Makale, strategic gateway to the mountainous interior. The apparent principal objective of the Gorrahei campaign was Harrar, the metropolis of eastern Ethiopia. Emperor Haile Selassie’s principal defense forces were midway between Makale and Harrar, on the plateau about Dessye. The emperor dis- patched 8,000 of his trained, modern-equipped imperial guards to Dessye Monday. ARTHUR HENDERSON ARTHUR HENDERSON, ,jeastle. The next year he was elected IMPLACABLE FOE OF WAR, DIES IN LONDON Father of World War Victim Passes Unaware of Conflict in East Africa London, Oct. 24.—(#)—Arthur Hen- derson, implacable foe of war, died without knowing his great dream of world peace had been shattered by the boom of guns in East Africa. Attaches of the West End Nursing Home where the president of the world disarmament conference died Sunday night disclosed that Hender- ‘son—whose indefatigable crusade for peace was inspired by the death of his eldest son in the World war—had not seen a newspaper for six weeks. Nor had the 72-year old statesman been told of the mounting European crisis for fear the shock would prove too great. Iren Worker A tice 1863, into a poor family. As a youth he was apprenticed to the iron work- ers’ trade in Newcastle and it was through his trade union that he climbed into national politics and prominence. By 1903 he was mayor of New- \pprent adi He was born in Glasgow, Sept. 13, veli desert region in the south of Oga- den province, an Italian military communique said. Reports to the Italian headquarters in the northern sector said Haile Selassie was ready to sue for peace. There was.no confirmation of this Tumor. With the campaign under way, Premier Pierre Laval of France was renewing his efforts to end the Ital- jan conquest, but allowing Mussolini to keep what territory he has already occupied. Belief was current in Emperor Haile Selassie’s capital that Premier Musso- lini may try to initiate direct peace negotiations shortly. Fascist prepar- ations for a second major thrust from the north spoke ® more emphatic language than rumors in diplomatic circles, London’s conception of the Euro~ pean situation, taut almost to the breaking point last week, was this: the house had not been cleaned; the dirt merely had been swept under the bed, out of sight. Parliament Meets Tuesday Accredited British and foreign ob- servers said the crisis had been mere- ly suspended, not solved. Franco- British friendship had been affirmed. The strain on relations between Lon- don and Rome had eased. But the British parliament, summoned for an emergency session Tuesday, was ex- pected to listen to three full days of debate on domestic and international affairs. which have still to be solved. Briefly, these observers held that the Franco-British problem of guar- antees had not been solved because Premier Laval’s reply to Britain's re- lations were far from satisfactory be- cause Premier Mussolini showed no disposition to close his war, and Britain showed no disposition to let it continue. A delayed dispatch from field head-