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

|££=]] THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1878 ‘Lanier Launches Prosecution BISMARUK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1935 Bey The Weather Genergay; continued cod. PRICE FIVE CENTS ‘Quakes Rock 17 Eastern States; Two Killed in Helenaltmiete 2 MEN DIE BENEATH Helena Quakes Thought amor CENTERS {HAROLD SCHAEFFER |: TOPPLING CHIMNEY|Big: Belt ‘Growing Pains’) sHORTWAY NORTH | WINS FIRST PRIZE) + IN MONTANA CAPITAL Terror-Stricken City Dwellers Huddle in Cars and Trains in Sub-Zero Weather DAMAGE IS $600,000 AND UP Scores Suffer Minor Injuries in Two Devastating Shocks Thursday Helena, Mont., Nov. 1—(?)—Mon- tana’s capital city, stunned by its sec- ond death-dealing earthquake, mar- shaled its forces,of reconstruction to- day after a night made miserable by nig of further shocks and sub-zero cold. Despite the cold, many feared to return to their residences ‘and spent the night with children from orphans’ homes in two special trains, rushed into the city to provide emergency shelter. Others huddled in automobiles and in relief shelters outside the city where no shock-weakened. buildings could fall, POLICE HEADQUARTERS SET UP IN PARKED BUS Helena, Mont., Nov. 1.—(#)— New York, Nov. 1.—()—Helena’s prolonged earthquakes are almost certainly the growing pains of the Big Belt mountains, a range of the Rockies about 10 miles east of the city. The last time they moved a little in their many million year rise was in: 1925, Then there was a quake, south of Helena, about twice as bad as this year’s. The 1925 quake did not kill anyone. because its worst shake hit open country. It cracked vast masses of rocks off the mountains and blocked the Northern Pacific railroad for ‘a long time. It called attention to what is going on under the Big Belt mouhtains and fixed definitely one fault line. The The seismological maps and geological studies on this 1925 quake and its fault line leave some doubt whether the present shock comes from a deep underground slip on this identified fault line, or whether there are still unknown fault lines that might slip under the Big Belt to account for the ‘Helena shakes. ‘The Big Belt mountains run north- west and southeast sbout 70 miles. Nye’s Trip to Cuba Scanned That they. are growing slowly as most of the other Rockies, has been fairly certain among geologists. In fact mountain growth in this region is so well established that the area is in- cluded in ® long-time triangulation set up by the U.'8. Coast and Geo- detig survey to determine how much the mountains move around in a cen- tury’s time. The, fault line of the 1925 quake lies about 60 miles south of Helena. It extends from near Three Forks to close to White Sulphur Springs. It crosses directly underneath the south- ern portion of the Big Belt range. The 1925 quake shook the territory south of the fault rather than north- ward in Helena’s direction. On seis- mographs it registered nearly twice as strong as this year’s earthquake. The new quakes may be a move- ment of the lands north of the fault adjusting their foundations to equal- ize the slips to the southward in 1925. OF LAKE ONTARIO Thousands Flee From Homes in Early Hours of Friday Fol- lowing Shaker AS FAR SOUTH AS CAPITAL Bed Springs Bounce, Plaster Falls, Persons Thrown From Chairs Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 1—(?) —Certainty that further earth- quake shocks would follow the quake that jarred eastern part of the United States was express- ed Friday by Dr. L. Don Leet, Har- IN WINDOW DISPLAY; = —_—_ Paul Neibauer, Hattie Piller) Support of Duce’s Ethio- Second and Third in pian Drive Homecoming Contest Se a i Premize ‘Musolini, turning iis at mier jussol by Ing: at- HOLD PEP RALLY TONIGHT |tention to war on the economic front. Colorful Celebration Climax|tions aches Friday “through is personal emissary, Baron Pompeo Scheduled at Hughes Aloisi, at Geneva. Field Saturday With half a hundred nations ready to give oho ak Sie to their disap- val of the lo-Ethiopian war in Harold Schaeffer's miniature foot- East Africa by means of economic and ball field in the display window of] financial sanctions and arms em- nelle Pe Altai nl shi ee hei some sources believed Aloisi lace he window. 4 tacts “cites, ‘nodes by the even pee bear a definite offer of lunior Association of Commerce in| But-others thought he might pre- connection with the first annual Bis-| sent only new suggestions for a ces- vard University seismologist. (Copyright, 1935, by Associated Press) New York, Nov. 1— The east's most severe earthquakes in decades rolled across 17 states and three Ca- nadian provinces early Friday, but the damage was trifling. Thousands of persons fled from their homes, many of them in night clothes, as they feared a temblor such @s wrought havoc at Helena, Mont. The quake apparently centered in Canada, a short distance north of At least the continued tremors this year about Helena seem to balance the count of 1925 to the southward. In that year 87 quakes were recorded. marck high school Homecoming. ‘The winning display featured two owls sitting on a tree background overlooking the football field with the inevitable question “Who?” Go- MEMAs bedi & gat caotrulag uae man leading a pig—bringing the bacon—while in the other corner is a steel radio tower with the words, “One moment please for the final] score.” Centered in the display is a small globe, depicting the eyes and ears of the world listening in. Second prize of $10 went to Paul sation of hostilities, outlining Il Duce's conceptions of a just and peaceful settlement of the Ethiopian contro- versy. Sir Samuel Hoare of Great Britain, thie foreign secretary, who arrived to back the stand .of vigorous Anthony Eden, British secretary for league af- fairs, or Premier Pierre Laval of France, was expected to make a statement to throw some light on the status of peace negotiations. King Supports Mussolini Moving the police headquarters because of earthquakes has be- come a simple matter. After being forced to abandon two buildings, Chief of Police Senator Offered Unspecified Roger Smith moved his offices in- to a large passenger bus and parked it on a vacant lot. - City Engineer Oscar Baarson esti- mated the loss in yesterday's quake at “from $500,000 up”’—not so severe as at first believed. He said the total loss. bbe the 30-day a of ri current quakes amoutiied "to. al Two men died beneath a toppling brewery chimney yesterday, increas: ing the number of quake victims since Oct. "12 to seven.. They were Ed O'Brien and Vincent Kennedy, both of Salt Lake City. Scores Suffer Injuries Scores suffered minor injuries in Thursday's two devastating shocks, which were followed by a series of lesser tremors. The city reconstruction commission was summoned into session by its «Continued on Page 1wo) COLD PLUS COCOA a PLUS DOUGHNUTS KEEPS CITY QUIET Junior G-Men Movement Suc- cess; Two Deaths Recorded Throughout U. S. Cold weather and a system which substitutes doughnuts and cocoa for shenanigans of one sort or another gave Bismarck the quietest Halloween in years Thursday night. A few lads and lassies were out try- ing to enact the difficult role of hob- goblins and elves -but their efforts didn’t last long. Old Man Winter chased most of them indoors in short order. . Frank Waldo, head of the general committee, termed the movement to have Boy Scouts act as “Junior G- men” a great success this year as it was last and reported there were plenty of refreshments for them this Teported | here Friday. 4 Amount for Services in Cuban Bond Deal Washington, Nov. 1.—(?)—Alleged efforts of a Chase National bank official in Cuba to obtain the good offices of Senators Gerald P. Nye and Burton K, Wheeler in connection with Cuban bonds, now in default, were recorded -Priday ats: securities; com- mission hearing. $ ‘The hearing was one of @ number being held by the commission in an investigation of the work of protective bondholders’ committees. Albert 8. Coyle, chairman of. such @ committee, on which Nye and ‘Wheeler were members, identified a letter he wrote to Th H. Healy, another committee memiber, saying that a “Mr. Rosenthal,” manager of the Chase bank in Havana, “ingra- tiated” himself with Nye and sought to influence Wheeler to work against the Coyle committee. t Payments on Bonds Coyle, the two senators and Max Winkler, another committee member, went to Cuba last summer in an ef- fort to obtain payments on the bonds id by Americans. In ‘@ letter, written to Secretary Hull after the committee's return, Coyle said conferences. with Cuban officials were “decidedly unsatisfac- tory.” Coyle wrote to Healy, in part: “Mr. Rosenthal, manager of the Chase bank in Havana, arranged to travel from Miami to Havana in the same airplane with Senator Nye in an adjoining suite. - “Of course, this was not accidental. He. ingratiated himself with Senator Nye toa.a point where the senator agreed to be his guest at a little private tea to be held at the Coun- try club Sunday. afternoon.” Cubans Attended Neither Coyle nor Winkler was in- vited to the party, Coyle said, which ELETYPE By the \ Associated Press BRIEF king as yet without a kingdom, was pictured in some political quarters Friday as being faced with one of the thorniest problems of his cateer—the form his government will take—if he does return to Athens, agar vena et honorary vice president of the - ters of the American Revolution, died ‘Tulse, Okla.—The king of hoboes— J. Léon’ Lazarowitz, of Brooklyn—is in Probe 'ASSASSIN'S. BULLETS WOUND PRO-JAPAN PREMIER AT NANKING Reporter for News. Agency Found Slain After Fusil- lade Stops (Copyright, 1935, by Associated Press) | Nanking. China, Nov. 1—An assas- sin’s bullets Friday wounded Premier Wang Ching-Wei, generally regarded as a pro-Japanese leader, and three other officials of the Chinese Nation- alist government, gathered to con- sider Japan’s advance in North China. The assassin, believed by authorities to be a Chinese identified with the ‘Cantonese faction which long has been critical of the premier’s attitude, was killed—either by his own hand or ms others—as bodyguards returned the Wang Ching-Wel, 50, was struck by at least three bullets and was re- moved to the Central hospital in a critical condition. Aide Near Death His principal aide, Tseng Chun-Min, vice-minister of interior for railways, also was near death. Chang Chi, former president of the judicial Yuan, and Kan Nai-Kuang, chief of the political bureau of generalissimo - ‘ng. Kai-Shek’s headquarters, also were wounded. Despite the consternation caused by the attempted assassination, Nation- alist government officials decided to continue the meeting of the central executive committee, with Finance Minister H. H. Kung acting for Wang as chairman. | The premier’s assailant was identi- fied, authorities announced, as Sun Mingh-Sun, reporter for a Chinese news agency. The officials alleged The capital took on the aspect of an armed camp. Streets were filled with Policemen carrying rifles. The meeting of the central executive committee, expected to deal with the question of whethe? to_oppose or to acquiesce to Japan’s new demands in north China, had started auspiciously with the greatest représentation of China’s leading militarists gathered here in many years. ‘files distant, to withdraw the splinter with an electro-magnet used in min- Lake Ontario. It caused the most ex- citement in populous upstate New York, where from Albany to Buffalo sturdy buildings were swayed. THINKS FRIGHT WILL SEND SINNERS TO CHURCH Washington, Nov. 1—(#)—The earthquakes did not shake the White House, but it gave the man at the executive mansion’s tele- phone switchboard a chance to make a snappy remark. When reporters telephoned to say that a quake was felt over much of the country, he said: “Business ought to be good in the churches next Sunday. A fright like that will send a lot of sinners to church.” Swinging mirrors and clattering dishes were reported from the Bay of Fundy to Lake Michigan, from Canada’s capital to the District of Columbia. Transporter Transported As far south as Washington, Lar- rabee Sinclafr, transportation assist- ant to Secretary Roper, was thrown from his bed. The temblors—There were two ma- jor ones scant minutes apart—com- pleted a triangle of earthquakes on \the continent. Far south in Honduras, quakes add- ed to the horror of floods, Seismologists expressed the belief that the widespread disturbances were merely coincidental. President Roosevelt from his home in Hyde Park, N. ¥.—in the area af- fected—called on the Red Cross, the army and the FERA to specd relief to families left homeless in sub-zero weather at Hejena. Lasted 30 Seconds Dr. L, C. Conant, director of the Cornell University Seismological sta- (Continued on Page Two) NEW FIRM APPLIES FOR STATION KFYR Offer by Strangers to Purchase Local Radio Reported to Federal Body Neibauer at Brown's grocery for his} at Rome meantime, where Fascist miniature reproduction of Hughes! feeling against Great Britain was run- Field and the $5 third-place award! ning high incident to the drive for was won by Hattie Piller’s display at} sanctions, King Victor Emanuel came Robertson's showing a Demon lasso- publicly to the support of Mussolini Se ee ee ee all. Three Judges Act Judges in the contest were Rev. E. L. Jackson, H. M. Leonhard and Mrs. F. L. Conklin. Events of the Homecoming pro- gram will open tonight with a enake dance starting at 7:15 at the Pres- byterian church and ending at the intersection of Main and Fifth Sts. with speeches to be made by Coaches Glenn Hanna and Glenn Jarrett of the rival teams, Ed Cox, member of the Bismarck board of education, and Vern Dresbach, local sports enthu- siast. Music for the pep rally will be furnished by the Juvenile band, directed by Clarion Larson. Dorothy Barneck will twirl the baton. Activities Saturday begin at noon with the Minot and Bismarck bands playing a street concert winding up at Hughes Field where the Bismarck and Minot football teams clash in the featured attraction of the celebration. The kickoff is scheduled for 2 p. m. Corps to Perform The drum and bugle corps of the Lloyd Spetz post of the American Le- gion, directed by Spencer Boise, state commander, will entertain the Home- coming crowd preceding the game. Between halves of the game, the Homecoming queen will be crowned. Polls for balloting in the selection of the queen from among the five en- trants will close at 6 p. m., tonight and the results will be known Satur- day morning. The five entrants in the contest are Laura Ellsworth, Ber- nice Peterson, Eda Nelson, Mary See and Lydia Langer. The H activities will lomecoming come to an end with the dance at the new high school gymnasium for all alumni, “high school students and members of the Junior Association of Commerce. At 9:30 the Homecoming queen will present the captain of the winning team with a big Maroon jug, emblematic of the victory. Wounded Forks: Man Is Reported Better Washington, Nov. 1.—()—Applica-|a third, tions for the facilities of station KFYR at Bismarck, N. D., were in- creased Friday by one filed by the KFAD Broadcasting company of Bismarck. The ‘application requested permis- sion to construct a new station at Bismarck with unlimited time and s Hazel | Director Thomas pie Hh id u 5 Hy i E : b lin 5 in Il Duce’s campaign for the con- quest of Ethiopia. Speaking from the same platform where Mussolini stood Thursday, the king practically paraphrased his pre- mier. He absolved Italy of any in- tention of disturbing world peace. “Italy asks nothing more,” he said, “than to be permitted to enjoy the fullness of her life in order to work and to dedicate her energies on behalf of those common ideals which consti- tute the sacred heritage of civilized humanity.” ‘The war front was relatively quiet. At Italian general field headquarters in the north General Emilio de Bono, chief in command of the expedition- ary armies, echoed Mussolini regard- ing the application of sanctions. _ Can Tighten Her Belt “We have taken the question of sanctions seriously, but serenely—if , Italy could tighten her necessary, belt,” he said. From Mogadiscio, Italian Somali- land, came word of a battle in which 11 Ethiopians and three native Italian troopers on the southern front were killed. The Italians, members of ir- regular forces, surprised the Ethiop- ians at Malkese, said the dispatches, as the latter were planning an at- tack. The point at which the fight took place does not appear on standard maps. Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital. was heartened by reports the invad- ing Italians were due for “painful surprises” as they progressed toward the country’s interior. A principal adviser to Emperor Haile Selassie said if Mussolini disregarded the league's imposition of sanctions, he would find the entire Ethiopian nation mobilized to accept his challenge. Ethiopian officials said the Italians had ad- vanced only through easy undefended 6.000 TO BE ON 108 INSTATEBY NOV.15 ‘%|With WPA Projects Approved and Funds Allocated, Moodie Orders Start Through release of $1,389,000 in North Dakota on 197 WPA projects, approximately 6,000 men and women will be employed by Nov. 15, State H. Moodie an- nounced Friday. He said the projects had been ap- proved and funds allocated and that placed Hi i 43 fil i Expect Mussolini To Lodge Protests American Charges Use of Dum-dums Ciaiming to have..proof avai le for submission, Dr. ‘Robert Wil- Mam Hockman, young American doctor pictured going about his duties as head of the Ethiopian Red Cross, charged that Italian forces on the southern front were using outlawed dum-dum bullets and gas. Emperor Haile Selassie has defended his foes against this slur, however. SUB-ZERO WEATHER HITS STATE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON Mercury Plunges to 5 Below at Jamestown; Continued Cold Forecast Near or below zero temperatures greeted North Dakotans Friday with the mercury dipping sharply down- ward to five degrees below at James- town, the coldest point in the state. FARMERS, WILL SIT UNDER CLOSE GUARD trict Attorney Says He Will Prove Four Conspired to Divert Monies CHARGES ‘INVOLVE 3 LAWS ‘Private, Personal, Political Reasons’ Back of Plot, Prosecutor Avers P. W. Lanier, United States district attorney, Friday told a jury of 12 men that he expected to prove former Gov, William Langer of North Dakota, and his three co-defendants conspired to divert both federal relief and high- way monies to “themselves for private, personal and political reasons.” Lanier made his claims in his opene ing statement of proof as he prepared to call his first witness in support of the conspiracy charges, for which the group of four is being tried here in United States district court. He told the jury the charges re- volved around three emergency relief acts—the act of 1932, of May 12, 1933, and June 16, 1933. Meant For Destitute He said he would show that “under these acts, certain monies were made available to the state of North Dakota for the purpose of relieving unemploy- ment and destitution and came into North Dakota through the state high- way department and the state emer- gency relief setup.” “We expect to show the defendants in this case conspired and confederated together to divert portions of these monies to themselves for private, pers sonal and political reasons.” Lanier, facing the jurors, talked for about 30 minutes, then read the in« dictment to the jurors, after he had been instructed to do so by the court. Planned Proper Financing The government, Lanier expleined, will seek to reveal that “in the spring or latter part of the winter of 1933, Langer devised and planned the es- tablishment of a newspaper known as the Leader, to be financed by @ fund raised by 5 per cent solicitations from salaries of both state and federal em- ployes.” He declared the government would seek to show “not two conspiracies, but one that embraced the entire Plan of solicitation from so-called state and federal employes.” “We will show the scheme was un- lawful in its very inception, even as to state employes,” Lanier asserted. Lanier told the jury the govern- ment would seek to prove establish- ment of the Leader was preceded by a meeting in the governor's office while Langer was chief executive at which a newspaper known as the “Progressive” was purcahsed from Mrs. Alfred Dale, wife of a former state treasurer. Later, Lanier told the jury, the name was changed to the Leader. Personally Picked Erickson “We will show the defendant Lan- ger personally selected and designat- ed the defendant Erickson as editor of the Leader and that Vogel in fur- therance of the scheme stated he would cooperate with the governor,” Lanier said. In his opening address, Lanier brought into the case the names of Oscar Chaput, former business mane ager of the Leader, and Harold Mce The northeast portion of the state ;Donald, former solicitor for the pub- faced the prospect of “slightly colder” weather Saturday but elsewhere the forecast was for “generally fair to- night and Saturday; continued cold.” One degree above was the lowest temperature recorded during the 24 hours ‘preceding 7 a. m. at the Bis- marck weather bureau station and the mercury climbed back to 18 degrees aboveat 2 p. m. Minot and Valley City in addition to Jamestown felt the sting of below zero temperatures for the first time Ls this fall. Valley City registered three below and Minot one below. ‘Four de- grees above at Fargo was the warm- est overnight report. Maximum tem- peratures ranged from 14 to 22 above. Frigid weather and snow forced post- Ponement or cancellation of several games including Devils Lake's final | V‘ encounter of the season, scheduled against New Rockford; the Wahpeton- Fargo tilt which was moved ahead to | Monday and the Jamestown-Aberdeen college contest which was called off. Ice fringed the shorelines of north- * lication, two defendants who have pleaded guilty to the charges. They are scheduled to appear as govern- ment witnesses. Chaput in Charge Lanter said he would introduc evidence to show that Chaput was “in. active charge of the 5 per cent solie citations, and that his office was maintained in the office of the gov- ernor of the state, and that at that time he also acted as secretary to the Leader, “in furtherance of the 5 per cent solicitation campaign.” tary of the relief organization under inger. Lanier declared he would show that Kinzer was appointed executive sec- retary of the relief organization “due to the influence of the