The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 7, 1935, Page 1

i H ; Bee THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1878 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1985 } Record Attendance at NDEA Meeting |: Kentucky Elects New Deal Democrat to Governorship RECORD BREAKING MAJORITY IS GIVEN ‘HAPPY’ CHANDLER Holds Approximate 50,000 Vote Margin Over His Republi- can Opponent REPEAL PROHIBITION CLAUSE) nim Vigorous Protests of Present Democratic Chief Unheed- ed by Electorate Louisville, Ky., Nov. 7.—(7)— Smiling, A. B. (Happy) Chand- ler, 37-year-old lieutenant gover- nor who fought the state sales tax and supported the new deal, ad- vanced to the governorship of Kentucky Thursday on a Demo- cratic majority approaching land- slide proportions, His margin over circuit judge King Swope, Repub- lican who opposed him solely on state issues, soared to 51,459 as returns from 1,544 of the state’s 4,219 precincts were tabulated. Chicago, Nov. 7-—(?)—“Billy”‘Sun- day has exhorted his last convert to “hit the sawdust trail.” The famed baseball-evangelist; the Rev. William Ashley ” Bunday, |died Wednesday night at tie home of relatives here. He was 72 years old. His picturesque baseball terminology and acrobatic gestures in preaching the gospel led his friends to term “the man who saved a million While ‘many ministers. questioned his methods, few ever doubted his sin- cerity. 2 Mrs. Helen “Ma” Sunday was with him when he died.: His last words were typically homely: “Ma, I’ve got a dizzy spell.” ‘Then his head turned on the pillow. “I'm glad he went that way—quick- ly,” Mrs. Sunday gaid. “Billy always prayed, ‘O Lord, when I have to go, please make it quick.’” His death was caused by angina pectoris from which he suffered since 1932, while conducting a campaign in his native Iowa. . Another major at- tack seized him at Chattanooga, Tenn., last May. ‘His last act, on Tuesday, was to mail to Oklahoma a memorial he had written in memory of the late Will Louisville, Ky., Nov. 7—()—Elec- | Rogers. tion of Lieut. Gov, A. B. “Happy” Chandler, young New Deal Democrat, as the next governor of Kentucky by @ record breaking majority was indi- DEMOCRATS LEAD G.O.P. New York, Nov. 7.—(7)—In New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Kentucky, where the New Deal figured in the campaigning, in- complete returns from Tuesday’s election showed Thursday that Democrats cast 3,900,474 ballots to 3,766,884 for Republicans. ‘The figures are based on the as- sembly rases in New York and New Jersey, the superior court contest in Penhsylvania and the gubernatorial election in Ken- tucky, Bt cated Thursday on the face of slow- ly accumulating returns from Tues- day’s statewide balloting. Maintaining a definite trend estab- lished early in the count, Chandier held a lead approaching 50,000 over his Republican opponent, Judge King Swope, with tabulations slightly more than one-third complete. Returns from 1,412 of the state's 4,219 precincts gave Chandler 205,337; Swope 157,552, Gain Legislative Majority . Chandler was leading his state ticket to victory. Every Democratic candidate for a state office held a lead over his Republican opponent, and’ a Democratic majority in the state legislature was clearly indicated. Kentucky also voted for: repeal of | _ Property Tax Cut its 16-year-old prohibition amend- ment, and for an amendment to per- mit state old age pensions. Returns from 1,237 precincis gave 122,267 for repeal; 99,273 against. Chandler was elected over the vig- orous protest of the present Demo- cratic governor, Ruby Laffoon, cham- pion of the state 3 per cent sales tax which Chandler lambasted in some 600 campaign speeches in every cor- ner of the state. Lafoon Rebuked ‘The Leffoon-controlled state legis- lature had stripped Chandler of most, of his powers, and Chandler, a 37- year-old happy-go-lucky lawyer, peared to be headed for political limbo only a few months ago.. He ‘keted suddenly into public at- tention last fall, when, in the absence of Governor Laffoon from the state, he dramatically called the legislature into special session to enact a com- pulsory primary law. Laffoon forces succeeded in writing a@ double primary law into the statutes, and thereby wrote their own downfall. Thomas 8. Rhea, Laffoon- backed candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor, led Chand- ler in the first primary, but went “down to defeat in a bitter-end runoff. Grafton, N. D., Nov. 7.—(#)—Keen interest. was displayed here in press dispatches telling of om B. apy) Chandler’s gubernatorial victory in the Kentucky contest. Chandler is-a former Grafton base- ball player, having played two sea- sons some 20 years ago as third Roosevelt Refreshed By Vacation at Home Pr iar Park, Ok) . Xy Nov. 1—(®)}—Re- rreshed by a week's stay : EDITOR FATALLY INJURED Detroit, Nov. 7. — (®) — Edwin G, from 1900 to Rade, editor-in- re auiemotlte’ accident & Funeral arrangements would be de- layed, Mrs. Sunday said, pending ex- pected arrival Thursday of the red haired evangelist’s two sons by plane ‘; RECALL HOMELY EPIGRAMS Chicago, Nov. 17.—(?)—Among some of the homely epigrams used by “Billy” Sunday in his fight against “that old fellow, the devil,” recalled by friends Thursday were: “You can go to hell as fast on Fifth Avenue as on the Bowery.” “The fellow that says he can drink or let it alone, I’ve noticed, | never lets it alone.” “Holding a dollar within an inch of @ man’s nose sometimes will me him hea one to Berra, erg — to get one old, butter- red-nosed, whisky- pascal) blasphemer.” “Come on, you miserable sinners, get down on your knees, the Devil has two strikes on you already.” * from California. Two other children of the evangelist died two years ago. A brother, H. E. Sunday, of Wood- «| Worth, N..D., and Hood River, Ore., also survive. Sunday’s death recalled his own story of his conversion. -Back in the days when he was a hard hitting, hard drinking baseball player, he left a saloon with some team mates. They passed an open air revival meeting. Billy Sunday Dies In Chicago Home BILLY SUNDAY Sunday said later he was convinced of the truth of what the evangelist said. He forsook baseball and took up the gospel, while the other players, he said, “went on to drunkards’ deaths.” At the time Sunday was earning $400 monthly as a ball player, an extraordinary figure for those days. RANCH NEIGHBORS MOURN LOSS OF FRIEND Hood River, Ore. Nov. 7.—(?)— Neighbors here who knew Billy Sun- day, long known as a ranch owner south of the city, commisserated with one another today over his death. Twenty-five years ago Sunday and his brother, Edward Sunday of Wood- mort: N. Da Dprchased a Us-aere general farming. “He appeared very, very tired when he last visited us in August,” said a nephew, Harry Sunday, who has been in charge of the ranch several years, “I was afraid for him then.” BILLY PLAYED BASEBALL AT JAMESTOWN Jamestown, N. D,, Nov. 7.—(?)—H. E. Sunday, 68, brother of “Billy” Sun- day, has lived at and near Woodworth for 15 years, spending much of his time at Hood River, Ore., where he looked after the Billy Sunday ranch. For mahy years he was Northern Pacific agent at Edmunds. Billy Sun- day had a wheat ranch near Wood- worth at one time. He played ball in Jamestown a number of times in this part of the country. Seen by Welford Revenue From Sales Tax About 40 Per Cent Greater Than Estimated Gov. Walter. Welford Thursday voiced possibility of a reduction in the state tax levy of $1,500,000 for the biennium as a result of the retail sales tax, He said he based his hope for the cut on reports of current collec- Revenue from the sales tax is aver- Fargo ine Its Swans and Duck . Traded for Land Mountain Lakes, N. J.—Lake Arrowhead village offered two swans and a duck to Mountain Lake in exchange for a strip of land separating two lakes in the village. The borough council in- dicated it would approve the deal. Lake Arrowhead wants the land 80 that it can exclude fishermen who park their cars there and copier Ines into the water. intain Lake needs swans to keep down vegetation in its own ROSY HORIZON SEE BY SOCIALIST PARTY 2|Gains Scored in Tuesday Poll Called Omen of Voters’ * Thought Trend cl , Nov. 7.—(#)—Emergence of ivy tae ok party as a major fac- Tuerae's elections. 1936 vote “at least twice as big” n as the 1092 fotal of 000,000 was indl- cated for the Socialist ticket by this week's national ETHIOPIANS ROUTED TOWARD OBJECTIVE Artillery Mounted on Ridge Commanding Valley En- trance to Interior NATIVES MASS FOR BATTLE Mussolini Calls More Men to Colors, Preparing for ‘Eventualities’ 1—P}—A line of defenses north of Makale was reported Thursday to have been manned by Ras Seyoun’s ‘death or glory boys” of Tigre province in an effort to stem the Italian advance on the objective city of the northern front. (By the Associated Press) Gaining an early dominating posi- tion, the entire Italian army of the north, 100,000 strong, drove agains: Makaie Thursday. Routing small bands of Ethiopians, who fled after brief hand-to-hand skirmishes, the Fascist invaders mounted their artillery in the fore- ;noon on a ridge guarding the valley leading into Makale, caravan center leading into the interior. The first clash on the renewed of- fensive against Makale came near Hauzien, Native Askaris, fighting un- der the Italian flag, encountered a \band of Emperor Haile Selassie’s war- riors. The Ethiopians were routed after a sabre charge by the Askaris. Two Askaris were killed and a large number of Ethiopians were reported killed. Only citizens loyal to Ras Haile Selassie Gugsa, the son-in-law of the emperor who deserted to the Italian cause, remained in Makale, the na- tives said. The rest of the populace fell back to Amba Alaja, 40 miles south of Makale,. The.natives. toid of a civil war between the Makale vil- { lagers. Natives said the Ethiopian warriors were massing in “so great numbers they cannot be counted” around Amba Alaja for an eventual stand against further Italian advance. Ras Seyoum has been in the moun- Addis Ababa, Nov. {tains behind Makale with 100,000 men and more, According to the native |informants, Ras Kassa and Ras Mul- ugueta, minister of war, were mobil- izing more men for the northern de- fense. Duce Takes Precautions While diplomatic negotiations in the European capitals proceeded, look- ing toward a peace settlement be- tween Italy and Ethiopia, Mussolini took precautions to meet any “event- ualities.” ‘A new decree called out corporals of the military classes from 1900 to 1910. The call ordered the men to be in readiness to serve 30 days, indicating they were for home setvice only. From all indications, Mussolini has all the troops in east Africa he thinks necessary to conquer Haile Selas- sie’s empire. Seven large transports were returned to civil work. Some 290,000 troops have been transported to the northern and southern fronts. ~/FATE OF 6 ABOARD PLANE IS MYSTERY Reports on Safety of Airliner in Alaska Conflicting; Search Pending Fairbanks, Alaska, Nov. 7.—(P)— The fate of six persons aboard a missing airliner remained a mystery ‘Thursday while searching planes re- mained on the ground in the face of @ snowstorm and conflicting reports concerning the aerial party. Two reports said Pilot Jack Her- man and his five passengers, unre- ported since leaving Dawson, Y. T., last Saturday, were safe at Eagle, Alaska, while a third brought infor- mation that the party was not there. Word that the six passengers were safe was flashed by the Pacific Alaska Airways radio at Whitehorse. Soon afterward, the Fairbanks Newsminer announced direct tele- graph and radio phone communica- tion with Eagle brought only denials that the six men were safe. The pilots planned to fly over the Dawson-Fairbanks route Herman was following when he disappeared with George Townsend, Dawson; Oscar Adamy, placer driller from Sulphur Creek near Dawson; Walter James, Whitehorse; Peter Funk and Okey Agren, placer drillers en route to ‘Vancouver, B. C. N. D. Sheriff Has Man Facing Murder Count Center, Texas, Nov. 7.—(P)—Sheritt D, A. Wennerstrom left here Wed- nesday for Finley, .N. D., with R. L. Putnam, alias. Jack C. Smeltzer, charged with murder for the slaying of Dave Stewart, Hope, N. D., mar- FALL KILLS STEEPLEJACK urch, resulted in the death of Earl Miller, 24, LaCrosse steeplejack Wednesday. ¥ HOPTON OFFERS 10 AS TTALIANS DRIVE} PAY COUNTY $6,090 ON KELLEY’S BOND| | Additional Claim for $993.37 on Former Sheriff’s Sure- ty Has Been Filed Bonding Fund Must Be Con- vinced of Further Liability, Commissioner Says An offer to pay $6,090 on the bond of J. L. Kelley, former sheriff of Bur- {leigh county, whose records have been under investigation, was made to the county commissioners Wednesday by Harold Hopton, state insurance com- missioner, At the same time it, was revealed an additional claim for $993.37 had been filed against Kelley's bond by the county Oct. 30, and Hopton indi- cated the state bonding fund prob- j@bly would be liable for this amount. On the balance of $19,652.13, which is the difference between the origina! claim of $25,742.13 and Hopton’s offer to pay $6,090, the state bonding de- partment asks further proof of liabil- ity, Hopton said. He made it clear the county can convince it of its lability. Many Items Challenged A long list of items in the claim, which are challenged, was presentea to the commissioners by Otto Vold, accountant for the department. Among them were such things as a claim for $850, charged by A. H. Hel- jgeson, Kelley's former deputy, for mileage and allowed by the county commissioners. In the audit by F. F. Burchard which forms the basis for the claims, if. mas asserted these bills on Helgeson’s unsupported claims. The bonding department contends, Hopton said, that the bills*were ap- proved by the county commissioners and this validation makes its doubtful if the county can collect, even though the bills may have been illegal. The same theory was applied to such other claims as cost of trips made for the state on extradition matters, $1,826.46; trips to state in- stitutions, $1,795.72; and extradition trips made after July 1, 1933, $800.50. Largest Item Rejected The largest single item in the list, a claim for $9,391.62 based on the ground that Kelley and Helgeson list- ed as cancelled personal property taxes on which such action had not been taken by the commissioners, also was rejected. The stand on this was that the county still has oppor- tunity to collect these taxes from the persons owing them. State's Attorney Regis- ter contested the claim ee ‘bonding fund is not Mable for alleged fraud- ulent expense accounts. He asserted the bills for these services had been properly attested by Kelley and Hel- geson and that the county commis- sioners, in session only a few days a month, had no independent means of checking to see if the trips charged for actually had been made. His point was that the county clearly had been defrauded and that the blame should lie upon the persons making the allegedly fraudulent claims. SCHOOL PRINCIPALS FORM ASSOCIATION Tighe Heads Group That Will Promote ‘Higher Level’ Education Creation of the North Dakota High School Principals’ association with B. C. B. Tighe of Fargo as president, was completed Thursday in connec- tion with the state education asso- ciation convention here. A constitution and by-laws was adopted by the new organiaztion, which announced as its aim to give more “active and professional sup- port to school superintendents in the promotion of ‘higher levels’ of sec- ondary education.” J. H. Colton of Minot was elected vice president of the principals’ or- Edgeley,. secretary-treasurer. president of the North Central asso-|be ciation. STATE CHALLENGES ITEMS|: the ‘bonding department will pay if; demanding special scribe, ot pees, Dake be rine \akiendon Curing Whe coming You Wu: Ubraries, laboratories, instructional eachers’ Salaries Moving Upward Good News Greets Pedagogues Upon Arrival Here for State Meeting Good news greeted teachers arriv- ing here Wednesday for the annual convention of the North Dakota Edu- cation association. It was to the effect that teachers’ salaries are on the upswing in North Dakota after having reached a mod- ern low during the last few years. Authority for the statement was Arthur E. Thompson, state super- intendent of public instruction, who estimated that the total paid in teach- ers’ salaries this year in North Da- kota will be $250,000 more than last year. At the same time he reported a marked reduction in the number of surplus teachers, asserting that a shortage has existed in some parts of the state. At the request of The Tribune, ‘Thompson Wednesday issued the fol- lowing statement: “The financial picture of our pub- lic schools shows several interesting features. Suffered Sharp Decline “1, Teachers salaries: “The official figures taken from the fiscal reports of the county sup- erintendents show the following pic- ture in the matter of salary declines from 1931 to 1934. “Total amount paid all teachers for year ending June 30: 1931 1932 1933 . 1934 .. 4,846,556 1935 .... 4,803,386 “Unofficial figures for the year 1935-36 will show a sharp increase of teachers’ salaries over the preceding year of approximately $250,000. This indicates that the pendulum is swing- ing back in the direction of some- what better remuneration for the ers’ work, “Reporis Heavy Turnover “2. Supply and demand of teach- ers: “The present year shows the larg- est turnover in the personnel of teach- ing forces since 1930. Figures tabu- lated so far show that in the 208 classified high schools of the state 691 teachers are teaching for the first time in their present position. An- iB udge Has Better ry Luck With Hunting a SE Kingston, N. C., Nov. 7.—(F)}— Police Judge Joe Dawson is hav- ing better luck with his hunting this year. He has shot one squir- rel and caught another by the tail. Dawson hunted all last season and hit nothing. At the end of the season he discovered all his shells were blank, PROSECUTION BORES INTO RELIEF SETUP HERE DURING 1933 Federal Field Man Testifies Ad- ministration ‘Unsatisfac- tory’ at That Time A salary raise was “promised” to one relief employee if she subscribed to the Leader, political weekly, a government witness testified Thurs- day at the federal conspiracy trial of former Gov. William Langer and three associates. The testimony was given by the first woman witness to be called by 5! the prosecution, Miss Stella Brandby, who said she entered the relief organ- ization in May, 1933. Under direct examination by Fed- eral District Attorney P. W. Lanier, Miss Brandby said R. A. Kinzer, at that time executive relief secretary and now a defendant, told her she “wouldn’t be compelled to take the Leader, but if I did my salary would be increased to make up the differ- ence,” . Gave Up 5 Per ‘Cent’ ~ Miss Brandby testified she gave checks representing 5 per cent of her salary, after she and other employees in the relief office had been soloicit- ed by Harold McDonald, then a so- licitor for the Leader. McDonald has pleaded guilty to the charges and is awaiting sentence. Others on trial with Langer and Kinzer are Frank A. Vogel, former other surprising fact developed this year is that there was, at the begin- (Continued on Page Eight) High School sath Mentalist for Every Child Urged by Welford at Teachers Meeting Declaration by Governor Welford that a high school education for every boy and girl should be the minimum aim of the state, drew cheers from more than 1,000 delegates to the state education convention at its opening general session here Wednesday night. The governor extended the official greetings of the state on a program which had J. N. Urness, Williston, president of the association, and Dr. Mortimer Adler, of the University of Chicago, as other headliners. Dr. J. G. Moore, Fargo, retiring president, resided. 2 Others on the program were Rev. Opie 8S. Rindahl of Trinity Lutheran church, who gave. the invocation; the Bismarck juvenile Dame directed by Clarion E. Larson; M. Fargo, association Tees who made announcements and asked the teach- ers to begin all meetings on time; and Miss Elizabeth Jones of the high school faculty, who presented Urness with a basket of chrysanthemums. on its choice of officers. Outlook Is Optimistic Characterizing the equalization fund law as the most important piece of school legislation ever passed in the state, Urness lauded the teach- ers for their part in the formation and passage of the legislative act. “As it stands, the program is not complete, for its leaves only a suspi- ganization and Emmett McKenna ofjcion that secondary schools or high An ex-|schools are an essential part of the ecutive committee consisting of C.W.| public school system,” he said. Dean J. V. Breitwieser of the Uni-| School problems state highway commissioner and State Senator Oscar E. Erickson, (Continued on Page Eight) More Education Is Held State’s Need a nercmnene @ | DF. Helen Richey’s Sex Is Flying Handicap pith Ls es acy Pittsburgh, Nov. 7.—(?)—Amelia Earhart and Helen Richey agreed ‘Thursday that Helen—the na- tion’s first woman transport pi- lot—lost out in commercial avia- tion because she was a woman. Miss Richey, who took a job as co-pilot for Central Airlines last January, confirmed that her sex handicapped her in the work and that she resigned more than a month ago. Miss Earhart, the country’s first lady of the air, brought Miss Richey’s resignation to public attention in urging creation of a fund to “help women to gain her Proper place in aviation.” EXPECT HURRICANE TQ HARRY FLORIDA Gales Predicted to Strike Small Area South of Pensacola Tonight New Orleans, Nov. 7.—(?)—Hurrl- cane winds, which caused eight deaths on Florida’s east coast, was expected to lash that state’s coast- line east of Pensacola early Thursday night. At 8:30 a. m. central standard time, the New Orleans weather bureau is- PRICE FIVE CENTS FORMER MARK, SET AT FARGO, BROKEN BY REGISTRATIONS Inclement and Unsettled Weath- er Fails to Dim Enthusiasm for Meeting Here SECTIONAL SESSIONS OPEN Teachers Divide Into Groups-to Consider Matters of Spe- cial Interest Attendance of the North Dakota Education association convention reached the highest point in its 48- year history here Thursday as the teachers, roughly estimated at be- tween 2,100 and 2,300, split up into classified groups for their first sec- tional meetings. Although no official check of the total number had been made, Secre- tary M. E. McCurdy of Fargo put the number of registrations at a point well over the 2,000 mark. The larg- est previous attendance was set in 1934 at Fargo where 2,200 were pres- ent. Despite inclement and unsettled weather conditions and slippery high- ways which made travel hazardous, the pedagogues continued to pour in- to the city Thursday, taxing the capacity of all hotels and filling prac- tically all rooms made available in private homes. The central location of the Capi- tal City, the adequacy of the conven- tion quarters and the attraction of the new capitol, building were con- sidered responsible for the new at- tendance record. Sessions of the sectional meetings, which will be continued Friday aft- ernoon, were held in the new central high school building with chairmen elected last year presiding. Will Use Big Because of the inadequacy of the city auditorium to accommodate the convention crowd, tonight’s general. assembly will be held in the World available seat was taken of teachers forced to stend at rear of the convention hall. instructor, who will sing two solos, Stockwell, Worcester Talk Highlights of the Thursday morn- ing session were addresses by Walter L. Stockwell of Fargo, Dr. D. A. Wor- cester, professor of educational psy- chology, University of Nebraska, and P. J. Iverson, Fargo Agricultural college. “We need work rather than leisure; more efficient, not less, education @|and action rather than discussion to bring the country out of its present Ws,” said Stockwell in dealing with his topic, “Is There a Way Out?” during which he said “we can’t bor- Tow and spend our way back to nor- Mal economic conditions.” The problem facing education is the proper support of the present sys- tem of elementary and secondary schools, Stockwell said. The unwill- ingness of the county units of con- trol to give up supervision of schoo! districts has been responsible for small, one-room schools with inade- quately trained and poorly paid teach- ers, ineffective supervision and school distric in every township, he Would Revise System Stockwell suggested that a county board of osnoeon, Spermed ‘with job of selecting the county superin- tendent, would provide a solution te recommended ay, che ice Pecans aiffienttien “Loyalty of alumni and the appeal to local pride is not going to solve (Continued on Page Eight) Jamestown Teacher Hurt in Car Mishap