The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 8, 1935, Page 1

red ESTABLISHED 1873 f BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1935 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE PRICE FIVE CENTS Chaput Exposes ‘Leader’ Ownership Bismarck Teacher Heads State Education Group MSSRTAMEPHY |Aspeirsson Holds 2,500 Enthralled ELECTED 10 TAKE OFFICE NEXT YEAR Former Mandan Principal Is Vice President; Executive Committee Named NATIVE POET WELL RECEIVED Ohio Geography Teacher and CCC Education Director on Friday's Program Having elected Miss Rita Murphy cf Bismarck, s classroom teacher, as its president for next year, the North Dakota Education association, in al preparing for the grand ball tonight, the closing entertainment feature of the big gat 5 Elected with Miss Murphy was Lloyd Thompson, principal of Grand. Forks high school and formerly prin- cipal at Mandan, as vice president. Members of the executive committee tendent at Edgeley; E, J.. Shrum, superintendent at Bowman, and Eric Selke, a professor in the Mayville state teachers college. P. S. Berg, Dickinson, was chairman of the nom- inating committee, ‘Miss Murphy, an English instructor in the Bismarck high school, is the daughter of R. B. Murphy, deputy state superintendent of public in- struction, and the late Mrs. Murphy. Mrs. Scores Anglesburg The hit of the morning program was Mrs. Eva K. Anglesburg of ‘Thompson, herself a former teacher, who has given the last 16 years of her life to bearing six children justment to society. Be a cee Dies tle ways tee ana: he would submerge beneat the ocean, since that would eliminate the desert and semi-arid regions in F ted, |hamas Priday said S58 Eee sttygel se l Transfer Bishop j REV. F. B. BARTLETT Houston, Texas, Nov. 8.—(?)— The house of bishops of the Episcopal church Thursday trans- ferred Rev. Fred Bartlett from the bishopric of North Dakota to that of Idaho. Bishop Bartlett, one of the youngest of the bishops in point of service, fills the Idaho post va- cated by Bishop Middleton 8. Barnwell, transferred recently to the Georgia diocese. Bishop Bartlett, consecrated only five years ago, formerly was executive secretary of the de- partment of domestic missions of the national council. He also served as general secretary of the field department of the church. ‘No announcement was made as to his successor in North Dakota. BISMARCK TAKES 10° TRAVEL BY AIRLINES /Capital City Leads Northwest With 1,400 Per Cent Traf- fic Increase Bismarck has rapidly forged to the front as the most air-minded city in the Northwest. This fact was clearly demonstrated in an announcement of the Northwest Airlines, Inc., Thursday which showed an increase of 1,400 per cent in pas- senger traffic here since last year. The Capital City increase figure was more than that of any other Northwest city, not excepting Chi- cago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, Fargo and Seattle. The report of the airline officials Placed the average increase at 287 per cent in traffic at main ports between Chicago and Seattle, The report issued by Croil Hunter, vice president and general manager, mentioned “A very gratifying: and satisfactory increase” as evidence of if} “increased activity in business in all lines,” ‘3 Increases over last year, the report He |sald, included Chicago 135 per cent; Milwaukee 193; Minneapolis 71; 8t. Paul 26; Fargo, 490; Bismarck, 1,400; Glendive, 105; Miles City, 485; Bil- lings, 227; Butte, 265; Missoula, 20; Spokane, 126; Seattle 325, and We- natchee, 152. Hurricane Killed 11 On Bahamas Island Nassau, Bahamas, Nov. 8.—/?)—Re- Ports reaching this capital of the Ba- Eldridge Russell and 10 other Persons, were drownéd on Great Abaco when hurricane winds swept the island Sunday. Five vessels of the Sponge fishing fleet were destroyed. The hurricane was the same that storm, most of its fury blown out.in ie ‘Gulf of Mexico, was report- e 5 weather bureau today off coast in the vicinity Huge Audience Hears Distin- guished Guests of NDEA Convention Here One of the largest audiences gath- ered in Bismarck in recent years, numbering about 2,500, heard Thurs- day night's general session of the NDEA convention, headlined by an address, “Iceland’s New Deal,” deliv- ered by Hon. Asgeir Asgeirsson, form- er premier and minister of education of Iceland, Appearing with the distinguished foreign visitor, who had been tender- ed an official reception in the after- hoon by Gov. Walter Welford, were Dr. John C. West, president of the University of North Dakota, speak- ing on “The Cultural Level;” LeRoy Pease, county superintendent of Rich- land county and department Ameri- canism chairman of the American Legion; Rev. Robert A. Feehan, pas- tor of St. Mary’s procathedral, who delivered the invocation, and District Judge Gudmunder Grimson, Rugby, who introduced Asgeirsson. The program was preceded by a half-hour concert by the Bismarck Little Symphony orchestra under the ROMAN REGIMENTS OCCUPY ETHIOPIAN CENTER UNOPPOSED Traitor to Selassie Is. First to Enter Gateway to Na- tion’s Interior EMPEROR IS GOING TO FRONT Mussolini Reported Unwilling to Let Anti-Sanction Senti- ment Grow (By the Associated Press) Italian troops marched unopposed into the Ethiopian city of Makale Friday. Tersely, General Emilio De Bono, commander of East African Fascist forces, reported the victory to Rome. “Our flag, which was lowered Jan- uary 22, 1896, from the Fort of Ma- kale, was unfurled anew over that fort at 9 a. m.,” his message said. Striding before the Italian columns, Ras Haile Selassie Gugsa, Makale's former governor who deserted to the invaders’ side, was the first to enter the conquered city. Behind him, Italian legions poured baton of Clarion E, Larson. Ralph|in from three sides, their advance un- Warren Soule, tenor, accompanied by Miss Belle Mehus, was heard in two solos, “Time and I,” Cadman, and “white in the Moon,” Fox, and also gave an encore number. Play Is Friday Program J. N. Urness, Williston, state presi- dent, acted as chairman. At the close M. E. McCurdy, Fargo, secretary- treasurer, made a number of an- nouncements, stressing particularly the attraction for Friday evening, “Tons of Money,” three-act comedy, to be presented at 7:30 p. m. in the city auditorium by the Bismarck Community Players. “In presenting Judge Grimson, who hindered. Eight miles to the east a column of Blackshirts under Gen. Rug- et Santini occupied the village of 10. Selassie’s Forces Leave The defending khaki-clad forces of Emperor Haile Selassie’s army had left the city before the Italian march started at dawn. They lay between the vanquished city and the Ethiopian bya of Dessye, 200 miles to the sout CHANDLER ELECTED ‘BY HUGE MAJORITY Rural Kentucky Drys Buried Under Avalanche of Ur- ban Wet Votes Louisville, Ky. Nov. 8—(?)—In winning election as governor of Ken- tucky by the greatest majority since reconstruction days, Lieut. Gov. A. B. “Happy” Chandler carried every con- Ras Gugsa set himself up as gover-|gressional district except the ninth. nor of Tigre province in the palace he}, traditional Republican stronghold. had deserted. Makale is to be his vading army. Already the Ethiopian defenders are Chandler was piling up majorities "| Priday in 73 of the state's counties. Tabulations slightly more than three-fourths complete, with returns $700,000, Once in Pennies, Governor Welford, as chairman of the state board of equalization, is shown giving a $700,000 check to R. B. Murphy, deputy su- perintendent of public instruc- tion, to be expended for North Dakota’s schools. The check represents @ portion of the funds accruing from the sales tax. In the picture from left to right are Berta Baker, state auditor; Theo- dore Martell, commissioner of agriculture and labor; Governor Welford; R. R. Smith, director of the sales tax division; Mr. Mur- phy; John Gray, state treasurer, and Lee Nichols, state tax com- missioner. STOCKWELL ADVISES (GREATER UNIVERSITY asso¢iation has had an international- ly. known educator as its convention Judge Grimson, North Dakote’s representative at Iceland’s milennial celebration five years ago, said the penn for action at Dessye. From ‘Urness said it was the first time oe] ‘Ababa ‘copies of the ark of the covenant were enroute to the field headquarters. Ami Next Goal [hae 3,196 of 4,219 ~ precingts- Chandler a majority of 77,357 over his Republican opponent, Judge King Swope of Lexington. The count was basigi f Officers indicated the next advance| Chandler, 425,034; Swope, 347,677. probably would be to Ambaalgi, miles closer to Addis Ababa and the/Tetaining the heart of the Ethiopian empire. 40| Rural Kentucky voted in favor of state's prohibition amendment, returns showed, but large attendance attested the true Ambaalgi is the southernmost point heavy voting for repeal in the larger interest of the state's people in Ice- reached in the disastrous Italian in- centers of population was burying the land and recalled that North Dakota's vasion of 1895-96. There Major To- drys under a wet landslide. gift to the country at that time was selli’s advancing force of 2,000 troops, Tabulations from 2,968 precincts @ statue of Leif Erickson, He stressed the fact that Iceland, without an army and without a navy, has maintained its government uninterrupted for 1,000 years. Charms His Audience Asgeirsson, who spoke about the past and present of Iceland and list- ed among its permanent contributions to culture its classic saga literature,! the fact that it is a homogeneous na- tion almost without class distinction and that {t is a peaceful people. He captivated the audience with his hu- mor, frankness and the marked ac- cent of his deliberately spoken and/ well chosen English, which lent color to his presentation. In his introduction, Asgeirsson said people who know only the name Ice- land. think of the country as one of ice, snow and igloos while the cap- ital city of Reykajavik has about the same average temperature as Phila- delphia in the winter and has the same number of igloos. The name, he said, came from the first unsuc- cessful settler, who devoted too much time to hunting and fishing. Pride in the past and hope in the future of the country, which lies be- tween pat and Amerhs, was ahs pressed ‘Asgeirsson, who asse1 that it belongs to itself but looks frankly both ways and that in Ice- Jand the cultures of the past and the present join hands. Country Has 150,000 People ‘The capital of the country of some 150,000 residents has 33,000 people (Continued on page 9) Six Lost With Plane Found on Yukon Isle Fairbanks, Alaska, Nov. 8.—(P)—A Joyor welcome was arranged for Pilot Jack Herman and his five air- plane passengers at Dawson, Y. T., Friday. The six men, missing since they took off from Dawson last Saturday for Fairbanks, were reported safe at Cassiar roadhouse, 35 miles from the city. Pilot Bob, Randall. flashed word after he had found Herman's party nd plane on an island in the Yukon river Thursday. |Roosevelt Confers On Foreign Affairs Wi » Nov. 8—(?)—Barely back from his Hyde Park home, Presi- dent Roosevelt called into immediate mostly natives, was cut to pieces by the Ethiopians in December, 1895. The culminating disaster of Aduwa occurred a few weeks later. Before another advance is under- taken, however, there probably will ensue an interval in which the Makale position will be consolidated and the lines of communication perfected. Expect Resistance Officers believe resistance by the Ethiopians is much likelier to develop at Ambaalgi than at any point thus far encountered. The city is situated in a wind- swept mountain pass, 1,000 feet above the plains, and provides the defend- ers with every natural advantage. Ambaalgi is the site of the most im- portant salt market in Ethiopia, Emperor About to Leave 3 The departure of the emperor for the front was believed imminent. Crown Prince Asfa Wosan, his 20-year- old son, arrived at the capital from Dessye Thursday. In the south, Prince Ismail Daoud. nephew of King Fuad of Egypt, de- parted for Harar in command of an Egyptian Red Crescent unit. Events on the war frontier over- shadowed developments in the diplo- matic chambers. Italy's command was reported to be unwilling to let the anti-sanctions sentiment grow beyond control, . From now on, authoritative sources said, opposition to sanctions will con- tinue but with less fire. To Remove Bitterness Sources close to the government said preparations to defeat the pur- pose of League of Nations measures, imposed against Italy’s war in Ethiopia, would go forward unabated, but predicted quiet efforts by the Fascist leadership to remove bitter- ness from the campaign. What was wanted, these sources told the Associated Press, was a strong sense of economic nationalism, stressing the “buy Italian” aspect of resistance to sanctions, rather than the more bitter “down with some- body” attitude, today gave repeal a margin of 52,- 024 votes. The count was 277,251 for repeal; 225,047 against. The tremendous majority accorded the proposed amendment to permit the granting of old age pensions steadily increased. The count from 2,831 precincts was 410,252 to 45,118, Mail Robbers Escape With $46,450 Loot Garrettsville, O., Nov. 8—(P)—A avelAsserts Voters Would Approve Unification If Put Be- fore Them A unified system of higher educa- tion under a “greater” University of North Dakota, which would include the Agricultural college at Fargo and Teachers colleges, was urged Friday by Walter L. Stockwell, prominent Fargoan, who is attending the North Dakota Education association con- vention here. Enlarging on his remarks made be- fore the convention Thursday, Stock- well said his suggestion did not mean abandonment of the agricultural college. Under his plan, one man would be placed at the head of the “greater” university and directors ap- pointed in charge of the agricultural college, university proper and such other high institutions of learning as practical to maintain. widespread search, one of the most “We must at least provide a system extensive in recent northern Ohio history, was under way Friday after of state institutions of higher learn- ing which will reasonably serve the six mail car robbers seized $34,000 in currency and $12,450 in securities at the Erie railroad station here Thurs- ‘The engineer, fireman and members of the mail car crew were ordered entire state and which we can sup- Port in such ® way as comports with Cignity of higher education,” Stock- well said. A unified university system would onto the station platform alongside men and women bystanders. Pouches probably mean elimination of several of the teachers colleges, he stated, but asserted it would result in higher containing the money were thrown out of the car, to be carried by two vic- tims to the gang’s automobile. One and more uniform standards, an ac- credited degree, and an economy to taxpayers. shot was fired, which grazed the head of Orlin Workman, a mail clerk. The gang fled in an automobile. Such a system, Stockwell predicted, would be accepted by the voters if put before them rather than by legisla- tive action, Pope Sees America Linked With Any War Senator Frazier Gets Tacoma, Wash., Nov. 8.—(?)—United States Senator James J. Pope (Dem., Idaho) foresaw Friday the probability of. American participation in any major war. The senator held the’ belief the United States could remain neutral, but probably would not, and that neu- trality legislation passed by the last congress “does not.go to the heart of things.” HITLER DISSOLVES VETERANS Berlin, Nov. 8.—()—Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler dissalved Germany's steel helmet organization Friday, the reich’s counterpart . to . the American Legion. 100 Citizens Appointed To Rogers Committee Prominent North Dakota Men to Direct State's Part in Campaign ‘Thomas, coordinator of the campaign in 10 northwest states. Heading the committee is George D. Mann, Bismarck, as honorary chairman. ; Back Loot From Auto Wilmington, C., Nov. 80(P)— Senator Lynn J. Frazier of North Dakota and his son, V. A. Frazier, were resuming their motor trip to Florida Friday after recovering part of ,the loot stolen from their car here. A camera, smashed, was the only article lost. Police arrested three negroes and recovered the broken camera, movie film, binoculars, and clothing. Chicagoan Held for. : Shipping Pheasants Clark, 8. D., Nov. 8.—(#)—Sidney Yexley, Chicago, was held Friday to Changes Hands at Capitol KINGSFORD-SMITH MISSING ON FLIGHT Fear World Famous Aviator May Have Fallen Into Bay of Bengal Singapore, Straits Settlements, Nov. 8.—(?)—Darkness fell over the Mal- acca strait Friday night without any further word from Sir Charles Kings- ford-Smith, missing on a flight from England to Australia. The noted Australian pilot and his co-pilot, Tom Pethybridge, were last sighted by C. James Melrose, who re- ported he had flown over the miss- saath plane over the Bay of Ben- gal Melrose, a prize winner in the Lon- @on-Melbourne air derby last year; announced he was abandoning his own flight from England to Australia FORMER BUSINESS MANAGER ASSERTS LANGER 1S OWNER Testifies He Notaried Bill of Sale From Erickson to Former ‘Boss’ IDENTIFIES LIST OF PLEDGES Director of ‘5 Per Cent Racket’ Tells Solicitation Details Oscar Chaput, former business man- pleaded guilty, was called by the gov- ernment as its star witness at the conspiracy trial of Langer and three associates. Chaput’s testimony revealed for the first time in the trial that was in possession of legal title paper. Chaput declared from the wi stand that he had notaried a sale of the Leader from Erickson, long known as publisher the newspaper, to Langer. Both Pleaded Guilty Chaput and Harold McDonald, de- fendants at the first trial in July, 1934, both pleaded guilty to the i fi COURTROOM CROWDED Interest in the trial in federal district court here picked up Fri- day when Oscar Chaput, tried with Langer at the first trial, was called as a government witness. The courtroom, partially empt; during the first days of the trial, was packed this morning. charges although granted a new trial with Langer, R. A. Kinzer, former secretary of the state relief commit- tee, and Frank A. Vogel, former high- commissioner. to assist Royal air force pilots in a| V°S* search Saturday for the missing men. Ships in the Bay of Bengal were| pri warned by wireless to keep a sharp lookout for Kingsford-Smith. Aviation experts expresed fear for the safety of the famous trans- oceanic flier, who began his latest flight Wednesday from Lympne, Eng- land. S. Steel, Montgomery Ward and Southern California Edison. UTILITY FIRM HALTS FORKS POWER PLANT Temporary Order Restrains PWA From Advancing Construction Funds Washington, Nov. 8.—()—Construc- tion of a municipal power plant at Grand Forks, N. D., Friday faced a legal blockade set up by the Northern States Power company. Attorneys received notice of a re- straining order, returnable in District of Columbia supreme court Nov. 15, by which the power firm temporarily blocks a PWA loan and grant of $472,- 000 to Grand Forks. is Justice Jennings Bailey, on motion of the power company, granted the temporary order restraining Secre! Ickes and the PWA from proceeding with the proposed grant of $212,400 and loan of $259,600. The power company claimed its in- vestment of $950,000 in Grand Forks would be jeopardized by the proposed municipal plant. A municipal plant, the firm said, might force discontin- uance of Northern States Power Serv- ice to eight neighboring communities. Similar suits involving other cities are pending, each hanging partly on the forthcoming verdict of a district court of appeals case at Hominy, Okla. Druggist Liable for 8t. Paul, Nov. 8.—(#)—S. 8. Daniels, Crookston druggist, was held liable for the sale by his clerk of drugs alleged to have caused the death of 4-months-old baby, when the state Friday Sale of Fatal Potion |puec. in an attempt to sub- stantiate its charges that Langer the other defendants conspired solicit 5 per cent of salaries of state and other employes paid at part by federal grants or other for support of the Leader. Chaput, under direct examination by Lanier, told the court he was now employed as legal counsel for the state highway department. Identifies Records From Chaput, Lanier also drew identification of a bulky record, which ployees who had pledged portions of their salaries to the Leader, and amounts they had pledged. He testified that names of relief employes who had so pledged appear- ed in the phy, Chaput said he had written the list-title at the top of the page “be- fore” names had been written on the Page. Under questioning by Murphy, Chaput said the names of relief em- Ployes appeared under the heading “because others had written them there,” and that after these names appeared those of state mill and ele- vator employes. x Notaried Bill of Sale Chaput said he notaried the bill of sale of the Leader from Erickson to Langer, “at the governor’s request.” The second bill of sale, Chaput ex- plained, he left in the governor's office, He said the second bill of sale to Langer was notaried by him “about a month after the first one” referring to a bill of sale in July, 1933 to Erick- mony at the trial. “Did you read the bill of sale, or Just acknowledge it?” asked Murphy. “I knew what it was—didn’t read it all the way through”—Chaput re- Chaput Replies in Negative pened EDN, Chaput replied nega- ively. “Do you recall @ checkbook?” “Yes,” Chaput replied. . pre ee